Strong's Definition
from 2530; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire
KJV Usage: beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מַחְמָד (mach.mad) — desire. desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun m · חמד
Wish
object of desire = inanimate objects that are the object of someone's desire, ◄ because of their quality or value
1KI 20:6 · 2CH 36:19 · ISA 64:10 · LAM 1:10 · LAM 1:11 · LAM 2:4 · EZK 24:16 · EZK 24:21 · EZK 24:25 · HOS 9:6 · HOS 9:16 · JOL 4:5
Good | ≈ מַמְתַּקִּים
attractiveness, beauty, charming = state in which humans are highly attractive; ► which provokes in someone else the desire to have a (sexual) relationship with that person
1 LAM 1:11 MT-Q מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם | MT-K מַחֲמֹודֵּיהֶם = מַחְמֹד
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
מַחְמָד n.m. desire, desirable thing base
