Original Word: יָאַב Transliteration: yaab Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-ab') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to long, desire Meaning: to long, desire
Strong's Concordance
long
A primitive root; to desire -- long.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H2968. yaab
[יָאַב] verblong, desire (Aramaic , and especially Ethpa`al and derivatives) —
QalPerfect1singular יָא֑בְתִּי לְמִצְוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 119:131, late Aramaism.