תשוקה

Hebrew

Root
שׁ־ו־ק (sh-w-q)

Noun

תְּשׁוּקָה • (tshuká) f (plural indefinite תְּשׁוּקוֹת, singular construct תְּשׁוּקַת־)

1. a longing, a desire, a craving
   1. Of one person for another.
      • Tanach, Song of Songs 7:11, with translation of the English Standard Version:

        אֲנִי לְדֹודִי וְעָלַי תְּשׁוּקָתֹֽו׃

        I am my beloved’s, and his desire is for me.

   2. Of a beast to devour; hunger.
      • Tanach, Genesis 3:16, with translation of the New International Version:

        אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבֹונֵךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ׃

        To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

      • Tanach, Genesis 4:7:

Declension

Declension of תְּשׁוּקָה

Number	Isolated forms		With possessive pronouns
	State	Form	Person	singular		plural
				m.	f.	m.	f.
singular	indefinite	תְּשׁוּקָה	first	תְּשׁוּקָתִי		תְּשׁוּקָתֵנוּ
	definite	הַתְּשׁוּקָה	second	תְּשׁוּקָתְךָ	תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ	תְּשׁוּקַתְכֶם	תְּשׁוּקַתְכֶן
	construct	תְּשׁוּקַת־	third	תְּשׁוּקָתוֹ	תְּשׁוּקָתָהּ	תְּשׁוּקָתָם	תְּשׁוּקָתָן
plural	indefinite	תְּשׁוּקוֹת	first	תשוקותיי / תְּשׁוּקוֹתַי		תְּשׁוּקוֹתֵינוּ
	definite	הַתְּשׁוּקוֹת	second	תְּשׁוּקוֹתֶיךָ	תשוקותייך / תְּשׁוּקוֹתַיִךְ	תְּשׁוּקוֹתֵיכֶם	תְּשׁוּקוֹתֵיכֶן
	construct	תְּשׁוּקוֹת־	third	תְּשׁוּקוֹתָיו	תְּשׁוּקוֹתֶיהָ	תְּשׁוּקוֹתָם	תְּשׁוּקוֹתָן

References

• H8669 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible