תַּאֲוָה, , v. אָוָה I) desire, appetite. Midr. Till. to Ps. CXX עושה תַאֲוַת נפשו לשעה he satisfies the lust of his soul for the moment; עושה תַאֲוָתוֹ לשעה. Erub. 54ᵃ (ref. to Ps. XXI, 3) זכה תאות לבו וכ׳ if he is worthy, thou grantest him the desire of his heart (without prayer), if he is not worthy, thou refusest him not the prayer of his lips. Sot. 47ᵃ תאותו מיהא וכ׳ his desire at least was to curse. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXXVII לא עלתה בידו תאותו he did not succeed in doing what he had desired to do. Tosef. Ber. V, 1; Y. Pes. X, beg. 37ᵇ בת׳ with an appetite for food, v. תָּאֵב; [Bab. ib. 99ᵇ כשהוא ת׳, v. תָּאַב]; Y. Succ. II, 53ᵃ bot.; a. fr.—בשר ת׳, v. בָּשָׂר.—Esp. sexual desire. Y. Meg. IV, 75ᵃ מכניס אהבה ומוציא ת׳ it (garlic) causes love to enter, and the sexual desire to come forth. Lev. R. s. 18; Koh. R. to XII, 5 (ref. to אביונה, ib.) זו הת׳ this means the sexual desire. Gen. R. s. 85 מלאך … הת׳ the angel that is appointed over marital life. Ab. IV, 21 הקנאה והת׳ וכ׳ envy, voluptuousness, and ambition take man away from this world (accelerate his death); a. fr.