• חֵמָא S 2534 TWOT 860a GK 2771 v. חֵמָה sub יחם .
•חָמֵד
vb.
desire, take pleasure in
(Aramaic
חֲמַד
; Syriac
ܬܚܡܘܕܐ (tḥmwd˒); Arabic
حَمِدَ
(
ḥamida
)
praise, eulogize, approve of;
Sab.
חמדם
in gratitude
[praise]
there-for
DHM
ZMG 1875, 595; 1876, 686
)
—
Qal
Pf.
ח׳
ψ 68:17
Pr 12:1
2;
חָֽמְדוּ
Pr 1:2
2;
וְחָֽמְדוּ
consec.
Mi 2:
2;
חֲמַדְתֶּם
Is 1:2
9;
Impf.
יַחְמֹד
Ex 34:2
4;
2
ms.
תַּחְמֹד
Ex 20:17
(×2) +
3 times (incl.
Pr 6:25
juss
.);
sf.
וָאֶחְמְדֵם
Jos 7:2
1;
וְנֶחְמְדֵ˜הוּ
Is 53:
2;
Pt. pass.
חֲמוּדֹו
ψ 39:12
Jb 20:2
0,
חֲמוּדֵיהֶם
Is 44:9
;—
desire:
a.
in bad sense of inordinate, ungoverned, selfish desire,
sq. acc.
Ex 20:17
(×2) (
E
)
=
Dt 5:18
(
v
18
b has
תִּתְאַוֶּה
),
Ex 34:24
(JE)
Dt 7:25 Jos 7:21
(JE)
Mi 2:2 Pr 12:1
2; of lustful desire
Pr 6:25
.
b.
=
take pleasure in
, of idolatrous tendency
Is 1:29
, so
pt. pl.
חֲמוּדֵיהֵם
Is 44:9
their delighful things
(things in which they delight,
v.
also
v
11
and
Bev
JPh. xvii. 1888, p. 126
);
לָצֹון חָֽמְדוּ לֵצִים
Pr 1:22
how long do
scorners delight in scorning
.
c.
less often in good sense, said of God
הָהָר חָמַד א׳ לְשִׁבְתֹּו
, poet.
ψ 68:17
;
obj.
the suffering servant of
י׳
,
Is 53:2
no beauty in him,
that we should desire him
(choose him, be drawn toward him);
pt. pass. coll.
חֲמוּדֹו
ψ 39:12
his desired
things, i.e. chosen, choice, desirable
(
v.
Niph.); so prob.
Jb 20:20
.
Niph.
Pt.
נֶחְמָד
Gn 2:9
+
2 times;
הַנֶּחֱמָדִים
ψ 19:11
;—
desirable:
לְמַרְאֶה עץ נ׳
Gn 2:
9,
נ׳ לְהַשְׂבִּיל
3:
6,
הַנֶּח׳ מִזָּהָב
ψ 19:11
which are
more desirable than gold;
אֹוצָר נֶחְמָד
Pr 21:20
desirable
, i.e. costly
treasure
.
Pi.
Pf.
1 s.
delight greatly
בְּצִלֹּו ח׳
וְיָשַׁ˜בְתִּי
Ct 2:3
in his shadow I greatly delighted and sat
, i.e. sat with great delight.
•
חֶ˜מֶד
S
2531
TWOT
673a
GK
2774
n.
[
m.
]
desire, delight
—
abs.
ח׳
Am 5:11
+
4 times; only after a
cstr.
;
כַּרְמֵי־ח׳ נְטַעְתֶּם
Am 5:11
vineyards of desire
(i.e. delightful vineyards)
have ye planted;
so read also
Is 27:2
(for
MT
כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר
) Codd.
˜
Ö
van d. H. Lo Hi Ew De Di Che D
u; so of fields
שְׂדֵי ח׳
Is
Ol J. Olshausen. DHM D. H. Müller. juss. jussive.
Bev A. A. Bevan.
JPh. Journal of Philology (Engl.). Hebrew (Consonantal Text). Lo R. Lowth.