Proverbs 21:26:3Prov.21.26.W3TAB
תַאֲוָ֑ה
taava
“a craving”
- Transliteration
- ta-a-VA
- Extended
- tah-ah-VAA
- IPA
- /θa.ʔăˈwaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a craving
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ta-a-VA
- clause
kol-ha-YOM hi-te-a-VA ta-a-VA
- sentence
kol-ha-YOM hi-te-a-VA ta-a-VA ve-tsa-DIK yi-TEN ve-LO ya-khe-SO-khe
Exegesis
The temporal idiom kol ha-yom {כָּל־הַיּוֹם | kâl ha-yōm} “all day long” frames hit’avvah {הִתְאַוָּה | hit-ʼa-wāh} “he craves” alongside ta’avah {תַאֲוָה | ta-ʼă-wāh} “desire.”
Root and etymology
Rootʼ-w-h
“to desire”
In context — Proverbs 21:26
All day long he longs for more, but the righteous gives and does not withhold.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 21:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 21:26, so the Hebrew word תַאֲוָ֑ה (taava) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.21.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.21.26.W3.S1) and character.