STRONGS NUMBER H4261


Word Summary
machmad: desire, desirable thing
Original Word: מַחְמָד
Transliteration: machmad
Phonetic Spelling: (makh-mawd')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: desire, desirable thing
Meaning: delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire
Strong's Concordance
beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant thing

From chamad; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. Object of affection or desire -- beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).

see HEBREW chamad

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H4261. machmad

מַחְמַדnoun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute מַחְמַדHosea 9:6; construct id. 1 Kings 20:6 3t. Ezekiel; plural מַחֲמַדַּיםSong of Solomon 5:16; construct מַחֲמַדֵּיLamentations 2:4; Hosea 9:16; suffix מַחֲמַדַּי‎ Joel 4:5; מַחֲמַדֵּינוּIsaiah 64:10; מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ2 Chronicles 36:19; Lamentations 1:10; מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם1:11Qr (see also מַחְמֹד‎); — desirable, precious things ׳כלימֿ2 Chronicles 36:19; singular collective Hosea 9:6; plural Joel 4:5; Isaiah 64:10; Lamentations 1:10-11, (Qr), ׳מ בִּטְנָםHosea 9:16; see especially plural intensive מַחֲמַדִּים כֻּלּוֺSong of Solomon 5:16 all of him is delightfulness ("" מַמְתַֿקִּים‎); elsewhere עינים מַחְמַדdesire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1 Kings 20:6; Ezekiel 24:16 (of prophet's wife), 24:21; 24:25; plural Lamentations 2:4.

מַחְמַד‎ [מַחֲמֻדִים מַחְמֹד,‎] see חמד

[מַחְמָל‎] see חמל‎. מַחְמֶ֫צֶת‎ see I. חמץ‎.

מַחֲנַיִם מַחֲנִהדָֿן, מַחֲנֶה,‎ see חנה‎.

מַחֲנָק‎ see מַחֲסֶה מַחְסֶה, חנק,‎ see חסה‎.

מַחְסוֺם‎ see חסם‎. מַחְסוֺר‎ see חסר

מַחְסֵיָה‎ see חסה‎.