חֶמְדָּה
ḥămûdâ
desire
Strong's H2532NounHebrewTWOT 673b

חֶמְדָּה (ḥămûdâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 18 times in 13 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2532).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 673b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 673b)desire; delight; goodly, pleasant, precious
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֶמְדָּה noun, feminine: desire

the same [h.de.ab]—desire of Israel

Strong's H2532 חֶמְדָּה: delight
KJV:desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 673: חָמַד ḥāmad — desire, take pleasure in; desirable; delight greatly; desirableness, preciousness; delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, delight, goodly, lust, pleasant, precious

See it in Scripture

Genesis 27:151 Samuel 9:202 Chronicles 21:20

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