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title: חֶמְדָּה — desire · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶמְדָּה (2532), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: desire. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶמְדָּה

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«חֶמְדָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **desire** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 2532 · **BDB:** חֶמְדָּה

### Glosses

of.desire (4); of.preciousness (4); desire (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

desire [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2532/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2532/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.—ח׳ Ho 13:15 + 8 times; cstr. חֶמְדַּת 1 S 9:20 + 3 times; sf. חֶמְדָּתִי Je 12:10; חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ez 26:12; חֶמְדָּתָם Dn 11:8;—desire of Israel 1 S 9:20 sq. לְ before obj. of desire; בְּלֹא ח׳ = without desire 2 Ch 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), v. Öt 𝔊 (not 𝔊L) 𝔙; concrete: כל־ח׳ ישׂראל 1 S 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Isr.? so 𝔊 𝔙 RV Dr; (\> AV and on whom is all the desire of Isr.?); cf. ובאו ח׳ כל־הגוים Hg 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after cstr. as חֶמֶד; especially כלי ח׳ Ho 13:15; Na 2:10; Je 25:34; 2 Ch 32:27; 36:10; Dn 11:8; שְׂכִיּוֹת ח׳ Is 2:16, אֶרֶץ ח׳ ψ 106:24; Je 3:19; Zc 7:14, cf. חֶלְקַת ח׳ Je 12:10; בתי ח׳ Ez 26:12; ח׳ נשׁים Dn 11:37, appar. ref. to some obj. of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶמְדָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2532/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 106:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.106.24/)

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וַֽ֭יִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ חֶמְדָּ֑ה לֹֽא־הֶ֝אֱמִ֗ינוּ לִדְבָרֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and they.rejected (in).\[the\] land of.desire not they.believed (to) word his

*JPS 1917:* Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;

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[Isaiah 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.2.16/)

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וְעַ֖ל כָּל־אֳנִיּ֣וֹת תַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ וְעַ֖ל כָּל־שְׂכִיּ֥וֹת הַחֶמְדָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* and on all the.ships of.Tarshish and on all the.ships of.(the) desire

*JPS 1917:* And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all delightful imagery.

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