אָוָה (ʾāwâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning incline. It appears
28 times
in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H183).
Also rendered
to desire
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 40)
Range of meaning (TWOT 40)incline, desire; long for, lust after; wish for; covet, be desirous, long, lust
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָוָהverb: incline, desire
Pieldesire
Hithpaeldesire, long for, lust after
Strong's H183אָוָה: to wish for KJV:covet, (greatly) desire, be desirous, long, lust (after).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.