tāʾeb

  • The Short List

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    I long for Your salvation, Lord, and Your Law is my delight.  Psalm 119:174  NASB Long – Twice.  The Hebrew tāʾeb is used only twice, here and in verse 40 of this psalm.  The derivative, taʿăbâ, is only used once, in verse 20 of the same psalm. Psalm 119:40 “Behold, I long for Your precepts; . . .” Psalm…

  • Once Upon a Time

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me through Your righteousness. Psalm 119:40  NASB Long – Well, it’s not exactly a hapax legomenon, but it might as well be.  tāʾeb, translated “long for,” is used only twice; once here and once in verse 174 (which we will eventually examine).  Since it is only found in this…