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Strong's #4261 - מַחְמָד
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- desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing
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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.
מַחְמַד [מַחְמֹד, מַחֲמֻדִים] see חמד
[מַחְמָל] see חמל. מַחְמֶ֫צֶת see I. חמץ.
מַחֲנֶה, מַחֲנִהדָֿן, מַחֲנַיִם see חנה.
מַחֲנָק see חנק, מַחְסֶה, מַחֲסֶה see חסה.
מַחְסוֺם see חסם. מַחְסוֺר see חסר
מַחְסֵיָה see חסה.
מַחְמָד constr. מַחְמַד masc. plur. מַחֲמַדִּים (from the root חָמַד).
(1) desire, hence the object of desire. מַחְמַד עֵינֶיךָ that which thy eyes desire, 1 Kings 20:6 the delight of any one, Isaiah 64:10. Hosea 9:16, “the delight of their womb,” i.e. their dearest offspring.
(2) grace, beauty, Song of Solomon 5:16.
(3) something precious. Plur. Joel 4:5 2 Chronicles 36:19.