חֶמֶדchemed

desire, delight (Amos 5:11; Isaiah 27:2; Isaiah 32:12; Ezekiel 23:6; Ezekiel 23:12)

Pronunciation: kheh'-med · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2531

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 27:2 “In that day, sing about the fruitful vineyard.
  • Isaiah 32:12 Beat your breasts in sorrow for your bountiful farms and your fruitful grapevines.
  • Ezekiel 23:6 They were all attractive young men, captains and commanders dressed in handsome blue, charioteers driving their horses.
  • Ezekiel 23:12 She fawned over all the Assyrian officers—those captains and commanders in handsome uniforms, those charioteers driving their horses—all of them attractive young men.
  • Ezekiel 23:23 For the Babylonians will come with all the Chaldeans from Pekod and Shoa and Koa. And all the Assyrians will come with them—handsome young captains, commanders, chariot officers, and other high-ranking officers, all riding their horses.
  • Amos 5:11 You trample the poor, stealing their grain through taxes and unfair rent. Therefore, though you build beautiful stone houses, you will never live in them. Though you plant lush vineyards, you will never drink wine from them.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).