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Strong's #2532 - חֶמְדָּה
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
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- n f
- desire, that which is desirable
- adj
- pleasant, precious
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2169) dmh (ההמד HhMD) AC: ? CO: ? AB: Desire: Something of value or delighted in. [from: mh- as in cheese as a delicacy]
V) dmh (ההמד HhMD) - Desire: To want something that is pleasant out of desire or lust. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Piel) desire, covet, delight, pleasant, beauty, lust, delectable - Strongs: H2530 (חָמַד)
Nm) dmh (ההמד HhMD) - Desirable: Something that is desired. KJV (6): desirable, pleasant - Strongs: H2531 (חֶמֶד)
Nf1) edmh (ההמדה HhMDH) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (25): pleasant, desire, beloved, goodly, precious - Strongs: H2532 (חֶמְדָּה)
am) dmhm (מההמד MHhMD) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (13): pleasant, desire, goodly, lovely beloved - Strongs: H4261 (מַחְמָד)
adm) dfmhm (מההמוד MHhMWD) - Pleasant: An object of desire. KJV (2): pleasant - Strongs: H4262 (מַחְמֻד)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
חֶמְדָּה f.
(1) desire, regret. 2 Chronicles 21:20, בְּלֹא חֶמְדָּה “he departed regretted by no one.”
(2) that which is desired, delight. 1 Samuel 9:20; Daniel 11:37, חֶמְדַּת נָשִׁים “the delight of women;” this is to be understood, as the context shews it must, of some idol, especially worshipped by the Syrian women, such as Astarte, or Anaitis.
(3) pleasantness, excellence. אֶרֶץ חֶמְדָּה the pleasant land, Jeremiah 3:19; Ezekiel 26:12. כְּלֵי חֶמְדָּה precious jewels, 2 Chronicles 32:27, 36:10.