תְּשׁוּקָהtᵉshûwqâh

longing (Genesis 3:16; Song of Solomon 7:11; Genesis 4:7)

Pronunciation: tesh-oo-kaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8669

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 3:16 Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”
  • Genesis 4:7 You will be accepted if you do what is right. But if you refuse to do what is right, then watch out! Sin is crouching at the door, eager to control you. But you must subdue it and be its master.”
  • Song of Solomon 7:10 I am my lover’s, and he claims me as his own.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).