תיאבון

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Hebrew

Etymology

Roots
ת־א־ב (t-ʾ-b)
2 terms
א־ב־ה (ʾ-b-h)
5 terms

Regarding ת־א־ב (“to long for, to desire”), Ernest Klein writes: "Prob. a secondary base formed from א־ב־ה or י־א־ב. According to Nöldeke it is possibly an Aramaism."

Noun

תיאבון / תֵּאָבוֹן • (te'avón) m

  1. appetite
  2. desire

Derived terms

References

  • “תיאבון” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

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