av.vah denotes a person's or agent's desire as it directs an intended action or pursuit.

The attested use denotes desire or inclination connected with what an agent intends to do: eating meat, coming to a chosen place, a king's intended descent, divine discipline, and an animal's pursuit. The same construct-form noun is used across these settings, with the surrounding clause identifying the desired action rather than establishing separate lexical senses.

1. Desire directing an intended action · dominant

   All seven occurrences show the construct-form noun linked to an agent's inclination toward an action. In Deuteronomy 12:15, Deuteronomy 12:20, and Deuteronomy 12:21, the APB renders clauses concerning eating meat “according to” or “in all the desire of your soul”; in Deuteronomy 18:6 it renders a Levite's coming “with all the desire of his soul.” In 1 Samuel 23:20 the king is urged to come down according to his soul's desire, while Hosea 10:10 and Jeremiah 2:24 place the term in clauses about discipline and the wild donkey's sniffing the wind.

   Deuteronomy 12:15Deuteronomy 12:20Deuteronomy 12:21Deuteronomy 18:61 Samuel 23:20Hosea 10:10Jeremiah 2:24

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often makes the term visible through “desire of your soul” or “desire of his soul,” while also using “Whenever you desire” and “In my desire.” Its varying English phrasing confirms the verse contexts without independently fixing a separate sense.