King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2532
Transliteration: chemdah
Phonetic Spelling: (khem-daw')
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Short Definition: desire, delight
Meaning: desire, delight
Word Summary
chemdah: desire, delight
Original Word: חֶמְדָּהTransliteration: 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
חֶמְדָּה noun feminine id. — ׳ח Hosea 13:15 8t.; construct חֶמְדַּת 1 Samuel 9:20 3t.; suffix חֶמְדָּתִי Jeremiah 12:10; חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12; חֶמְדָּתָם Daniel 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 ישׂראל 1 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 כלהֿגוים Haggai 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד; especially ח ׳כלי Hosea 13:15; Nahum 2:10; Jeremiah 25:34; 2 Chronicles 32:27; 36:10; Daniel 11:8; ח ׳שְׂכִיּוֺת Isaiah 2:16, ח ׳אֶרֶץ Psalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14, compare ח ׳חֶלְקַת Jeremiah 12:10; ח ׳בתי Ezekiel 26:12; ׳ח נשׁים Daniel 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).