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רָצוֹן râtsôwn · H7522 · acceptance, favor

These are plausibly near-synonyms in their shared "wish/desire" component, though רָצוֹן (râtsôwn, H7522) is far broader and תַּאֲבָה (taʼăbâh, H8375)'s single occurrence limits verification.

חֵפֶץ chêphets · H2656 · pleasure, desire

Both words denote states of desire and longing. חֵפֶץ (chêphets, H2656) is broader (delight, desire, purpose), while תַּאֲבָה (taʼăbâh, H8375) is specifically longing, but they share core overlapping territory.

תְּשׁוּקָה tᵉshûwqâh · H8669 · to turn one's attention to, to be enraptured by, to concentrate one's energy on

Both denote inner states of wanting or desiring: תַּאֲבָה (taʼăbâh, H8375) "longing" and the other word "desire."

תַּאֲוָה taʼăvâh · H8378 · craving, desire, longing

Both denote subjective states of wanting or desiring, longing and desire or lust, overlapping in the sense of inner appetite or yearning.

חֵשֶׁק chêsheq · H2837 · desire, long

Both lexemes are nouns denoting internal states of wanting or desiring — longing (תַּאֲבָה (taʼăbâh, H8375)) and desire (חֵשֶׁק (chêsheq, H2837)) — and are near-synonyms describing overlapping senses of appetite or yearning.

מַאֲוַי maʼăvay · H3970 · desire, longing

Both lexemes are abstract nouns for wanting/wishing, and "desire" vs. "longing" represent overlapping near-synonymous senses in the same semantic space, both can substitute for one another in expressing wish/yearning. Both words occur only once each.

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This noun denotes longing, as in Psalm 119:20's confession that the psalmist's soul is crushed with longing for God's ordinances.

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.