The corpus record — Hebrew

אַוַּ֨ת

avvah · n.f

desire

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 7 · 0.23/10k

Senses

1. אַוָּה

desire

2. אַוָּה

longing

3. אות

‏אות אֶל‎ to offer Dt 132, with MWA to grant Est ‏,8ן2‎ with 720 (Q PNW) to fulf

4. אות

= עָ

5. אות

to signal. [Denominated from nix (<sign). cp. [.אתת — Po

Attestations

אַוַּ֨ת Deuteronomy 12:15 (BHS)
אַוַּ֥ת Deuteronomy 12:20 (BHS)
אַוַּ֥ת Deuteronomy 12:21 (BHS)
אַוַּ֣ת Deuteronomy 18:6 (BHS)
אַוַּ֨ת 1 Samuel 23:20 (BHS)
בְּ/אַוַּ֤ת Jeremiah 2:24 (BHS)

6 of 7 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan p. 379; entry #1626 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan p. 75; entry #1368 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology and lemmatization from the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) lexicon, public domain.