תְּשׁוּקָה

[תְּשׁוּקָה] noun feminine longing; — of woman for man, אֶלאִֿישֵׁח תְּשׁוּקָתֵח 1 Mos 3,16 (J); of man for woman, אֲנִי לְדוֺדִי וְאֵלַי תְּשׁוּקָתוֺ Hoj 7,11 of beast to devour, figurative אֵלֶיךָ תְּשׁוּקָתוֺ 1 Mos 4,7 (J). (ᵐ5 ἀποστροφή Genesis, ἐπιστροφή Canticles, whence Nes^{Marg. 6} proposes תְּשׁוּבָתֵךְ 1 Mos 3,16, which Ball^Hpt reads in all; but how explain the unusual and striking word in MT?).