Cheryl Schatz

Kay,
You said to pinklight:

For me, the jury is still out on the meaning of ‘teshuqua’ – I’m not sold on ‘desire’ as the only correct possibility. And even if it was a “good” “desire,” it can, as someone else stated, not be returned in kind. Living by one’s emotions, whether good or bad, is not the same as making godly choices. Now if the word in question was ‘love’, I might better understand your point.

The interpretation of “turning” doesn’t actually go along with the Hebrew word for “desire”. It comes from the Hebrew word that is translated as “for”. I think an even better translation is from the Brown-Drive-Briggs lexicon which says it means “longing”. I get the picture of her soul longing for her soul mate.