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H2532 חֶמְדָּה (chemdâh) khem-daw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

feminine of 2531; delight

KJV Usage: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֶמְדָּה (chem.dah) — desire. desire, that which is desirable

חֲמוּדָה (cha.mu.dah) — desirable thing. desirableness, preciousness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · חמד

Wish

desire = human or deity that is the object of someone else's desire

1SA 9:20 · 2CH 21:20 · DAN 11:37

Good

value, preciousness, quality = state in which objects have such a high quality ► that they provoke in others the desire to possess them

2CH 32:27 · 2CH 36:10 · PSA 106:24 · ISA 2:16 · JER 3:19 · JER 12:10 · JER 25:34 · EZK 26:12 · DAN 11:8 · HOS 13:15 · NAM 2:10 · HAG 2:7 · ZEC 7:14

Reinier de Blois

noun f · חמד

Good | ≈ יָקָר · מִכְמָן

value, preciousness, quality = state in which objects have such a high quality ► that they provoke in others the desire to possess them

GEN 27:15 · 2CH 20:25 · EZR 8:27 · DAN 10:3 · DAN 11:38 · DAN 11:43

Great

high esteem = state in which humans are being highly regarded

DAN 9:23 · DAN 10:11 · DAN 10:19

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חֶמְדָּה n.f. id. [h.de.ab]—desire of Israel base

[חֲמוּדָה] n.f. desirableness, preciousness base

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