חֶמְדָּהchemdâh
id., desire (Hosea 13:15; 1 Samuel 9:20; Jeremiah 12:10; Ezekiel 26:12; Daniel 11:8)
Pronunciation: khem-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2532
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 21 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:15 Then she took Esau’s favorite clothes, which were there in the house, and gave them to her younger son, Jacob.
- 1 Samuel 9:20 And don’t worry about those donkeys that were lost three days ago, for they have been found. And I am here to tell you that you and your family are the focus of all Israel’s hopes.”
- 2 Chronicles 21:20 Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. No one was sorry when he died. They buried him in the City of David, but not in the royal cemetery.
- 2 Chronicles 32:27 Hezekiah was very wealthy and highly honored. He built special treasury buildings for his silver, gold, precious stones, and spices, and for his shields and other valuable items.
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. Many treasures from the Temple of the Lord were also taken to Babylon at that time. And Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, as the next king in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Psalms 106:24 The people refused to enter the pleasant land, for they wouldn’t believe his promise to care for 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).