תְּשׁוּקָה

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