STRONGS NUMBER H2532


Word Summary
chemdah: desire, delight
Original Word: חֶמְדָּה
Transliteration: chemdah
Phonetic Spelling: (khem-daw')
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Short Definition: desire, delight
Meaning: desire, delight
Strong's Concordance
desire, goodly, pleasant, precious

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

see HEBREW chemed

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2532. chemdah

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; ח ׳בְּלֹא‎ = without desire2 Chronicles 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli ᵐ5‎ (not ᵐ5L) ᵑ9‎; concrete: ׳כלחֿ ישׂראל1 Samuel 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so ᵑ9 ᵐ5‎ RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare ח ׳ובאו כלהֿגויםHaggai 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד‎; especially ח ׳כליHosea 13:15; Nahum 2:10; Jeremiah 25:34; 2 Chronicles 32:27; 36:10; Daniel 11:8; ח ׳שְׂכִיּוֺתIsaiah 2:16, ח ׳אֶרֶץPsalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14, compare ח ׳חֶלְקַתJeremiah 12:10; ח ׳בתיEzekiel 26:12; ׳ח נשׁיםDaniel 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).