שוּק

שוּקI (b. h. Polel; cmp. נשק) to touch, join, come in contact; (cmp. חפץ) to desire.Denom. תְּשוּפָה. Hithpol. הִשְׁתֹּוקֵק, Nithpol. נִשְׁתֹּוקֵק (denom. of תשוקה = התשוקק) to long for (with על). Yeb.62b (ref. to תשוקתך, Gen. 3:16) האשה מִשְׁתֹּוקֶקֶת עלוכ׳ the wife has a desire for her husband when he is about to go on the road; Erub.100b; Yalk. Gen. 32. Keth.65a (ref. to שקויי, Hos. 2:7) דברים … משתוקקת עליהןוכ׳ things which a woman longs for: jewelry. Num. R. s. 10, beg. (ref. to שוקיו, Cant. 5:15) זה העולםשנ׳הקב״הוכ׳ that means the world, which the Lord has been longing to create; a. e.