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hebrew #2532 - חֶמְדָּה chemdah (desire)


Original Word:חֶמְדָּה
Transliteration: chemdah
Definition:desire, delight
Part of Speech:noun feminine
Phonetic Spelling:(khem-daw')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

desire, goodly, pleasant, precious

Feminine of chemed; delight -- desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

see HEBREW chemed


Englishman's Concordance

1) desire, that which is desirable (noun feminine)
2) pleasant, precious (adjective)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H2531
Same Word by TWOT Number: 673b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֶמְדָּהnoun feminine id. — ׳חHosea 13:15 8t.; construct חֶמְדַּת1 Samuel 9:20 3t.; suffix חֶמְדָּתִיJeremiah 12:10; חֶמְדָּתֵךְEzekiel 26:12; חֶמְדָּתָםDaniel 11:8; — desire of Israel 1 Samuel 9:20 followed by לְ before object of desire; ׳בְּלֹא ח=without desire2Chronicles 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli ᵐ5 (not ᵐ5L) ᵑ9; concrete: ישׂראל׳כלחֿ1 Samuel 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so ᵐ5ᵑ9 RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare כלהֿגוים׳ובאו חHaggai 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד; especially ׳כלי חHosea 13:15; Nahum 2:10; Jeremiah 25:34; 2Chronicles 32:27; 36:10; Daniel 11:8; ׳שְׂכִיּוֺת חIsaiah 2:16, ׳אֶרֶץ חPsalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14, compare ׳חֶלְקַת חJeremiah 12:10; ׳בתי חEzekiel 26:12; נשׁים׳חDaniel 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis=Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2532. חֶמְדָּה (chemdah) — 18 Occurrences

Genesis 27:15
HEB:בְּנָ֤הּ הַגָּדֹל֙ הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתָּ֖הּ
KJV: took goodly raiment
INT: son her elder goodly which her in

1 Samuel 9:20
HEB:וּלְמִי֙ כָּל־ חֶמְדַּ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הֲל֣וֹא
NAS: is all that is desirable in Israel?
KJV: on them; for they are found. And on whom [is] all the desire of Israel?
INT: whom is all is desirable Israel not

2 Chronicles 21:20
HEB:וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּלֹ֣א חֶמְדָּ֔ה וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֙הוּ֙ בְּעִ֣יר
NAS: with no one's regret, and they buried
KJV: and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried
INT: departed no regret buried the city

2 Chronicles 32:27
HEB:וּלְכֹ֖ל כְּלֵ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃
NAS: and all kinds of valuable articles,
KJV: and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;
INT: and all articles of valuable

2 Chronicles 36:10
HEB:עִם־ כְּלֵ֖י חֶמְדַּ֣ת בֵּית־ יְהוָ֑ה
NAS: him to Babylon with the valuable articles
KJV: him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels
INT: with articles the valuable of the house of the LORD

Ezra 8:27
HEB:טוֹבָה֙ שְׁנַ֔יִם חֲמוּדֹ֖ת כַּזָּהָֽב׃
KJV: of fine copper, precious as gold.
INT: of fine and two precious gold

Psalm 106:24
HEB:וַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֑ה לֹֽא־ הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ
NAS: Then they despised the pleasant land;
KJV: Yea, they despised the pleasant land,
INT: despised land the pleasant did not believe

Isaiah 2:16
HEB:כָּל־ שְׂכִיּ֥וֹת הַחֶמְדָּֽה׃
NAS: And against all the beautiful craft.
KJV: of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.
INT: all craft the beautiful

Jeremiah 3:19
HEB:לָךְ֙ אֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֔ה נַחֲלַ֥ת צְבִ֖י
NAS: And give you a pleasant land,
KJV: and give thee a pleasant land,
INT: and give land A pleasant inheritance beautiful

Jeremiah 12:10
HEB:אֶת־ חֶלְקַ֥ת חֶמְדָּתִ֖י לְמִדְבַּ֥ר שְׁמָמָֽה׃
NAS: They have made My pleasant field
KJV: they have made my pleasant portion
INT: have made field my pleasant wilderness A desolate

Jeremiah 25:34
HEB:וּנְפַלְתֶּ֖ם כִּכְלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃
NAS: And you will fall like a choice vessel.
KJV: and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel.
INT: will fall vessel A choice

Ezekiel 26:12
HEB:חוֹמוֹתַ֔יִךְ וּבָתֵּ֥י חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ יִתֹּ֑צוּ וַאֲבָנַ֤יִךְ
NAS: and destroy your pleasant houses,
KJV: and destroy thy pleasant houses:
INT: your walls houses your pleasant and destroy your stones

Daniel 11:8
HEB:עִם־ כְּלֵ֨י חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם כֶּ֧סֶף וְזָהָ֛ב
NAS: with their metal images [and] their precious vessels
KJV: with their princes, [and] with their precious vessels
INT: with vessels their precious of silver and gold

Daniel 11:37
HEB:יָבִ֔ין וְעַל־ חֶמְדַּ֥ת נָשִׁ֛ים וְעַֽל־
NAS: of his fathers or for the desire of women,
KJV: of his fathers, nor the desire of women,
INT: will show above the desire of women above

Hosea 13:15
HEB:כָּל־ כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃
NAS: of every precious article.
KJV: the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
INT: of every article precious

Nahum 2:9
HEB:מִכֹּ֖ל כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃
NAS: from every kind of desirable object.
KJV: [and] glory out of all the pleasant furniture.
INT: every object of desirable

Haggai 2:7
HEB:הַגּוֹיִ֔ם וּבָ֖אוּ חֶמְדַּ֣ת כָּל־ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם
NAS: and they will come with the wealth of all
KJV: all nations, and the desire of all nations
INT: the nations will come the wealth of all nations

Zechariah 7:14
HEB:וַיָּשִׂ֥ימוּ אֶֽרֶץ־ חֶמְדָּ֖ה לְשַׁמָּֽה׃ פ
NAS: for they made the pleasant land
KJV: for they laid the pleasant land
INT: made land the pleasant is desolated

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