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# longing

noun (longings)

«longing» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A longing is a strong wish for something you want very much. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longing/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a deep wish or desire that someone feels in the heart, as in «a longing for home».

### Examples

- She had a longing for the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longing/#x1)
- His longing for home grew each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longing/#x2)
- I felt a longing to see my friends. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longing/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In Jewish tradition

It means a deep wish of the soul. The psalms use it for wanting God's laws, and Samuel for David missing Absalom.

**Interpretation.** The soul's longing for God is a main theme of Psalms. It is read as a sign of closeness and love.

### Examples

- My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto Thine ordinances at all times. (Writings PSA.119.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x1)
- For He hath satisfied the longing soul, and the hungry soul He hath filled with good. (Writings PSA.107.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x2)
- And the soul of king David failed with longing for Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. (Prophets 2SA.13.39, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «longing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/longing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«longing» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/longing.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «longing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/L/longing/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«longing» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/longing.html) on Mova free.