to desire
cha.shaq describes a directed desire or attachment, whether toward people or toward a planned undertaking.
The predominant use depicts directed attachment toward a person: divine affection and choosing, a man's desire for a woman, clinging to God, and a clause associated with deliverance of a soul. A smaller cluster concerns what Solomon wished to build.
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Attachment or desire directed toward a person · dominant
The Qal perfect forms occur where the LORD's affection is joined with loving and choosing Israel in Deuteronomy 7:7 and Deuteronomy 10:15. In Genesis 34:8 the APB renders the surrounding statement, “his soul longs for your daughter,” while Deuteronomy 21:11 places the sequential-perfect form in the condition of desiring a captive woman for marriage; Psalm 91:14 presents the person's clinging to God. In Isaiah 38:17 the form stands in a clause the APB presents as deliverance from “the pit of destruction,” so its individual contribution is less explicit in the translation.
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Wishing to carry out construction · occasional
In 1 Kings 9:19, the Qal perfect form occurs after the list of Solomon's store, chariot, and horsemen's cities; the APB renders the clause “whatever Solomon desired to build.” The parallel setting in 2 Chronicles 8:6 similarly follows listed building projects and is rendered “every place Solomon desired to build.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses with “desired,” “set his affection,” “longs for,” and “clung to.” In Isaiah 38:17 it instead foregrounds deliverance, making the term's specific English equivalent unclear in that translation.