חֶמְדָּה noun feminine id. — ׳ח [Hos 13:15] + 8 t.; construct חֶמְדַּת [1Sam 9:20] + 3 t.; suffix חֶמְדָּתִי [Jer 12:10] חֶמְדָּתֵךְ [Ezek 26:12] חֶמְדָּתָם [Dan 11:8] — desire of Israel [1Sam 9:20] followed by לְ before object of desire; ׳בְּלֹא ח = without desire [2Chr 21:20] (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli ᵐ5 (not ᵐ5L) ᵑ9; concrete: ישׂראל ׳כלחֿ [1Sam 9:20] and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare כלהֿגוים ׳ובאו ח [Hag 2:7] (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד; especially ׳כלי ח [Hos 13:15]; [Nah 2:10]; [Jer 25:34]; [2Chr 32:27]; [2Chr 36:10]; [Dan 11:8] ׳שְׂכִיּוֺת ח [Isa 2:16], ׳אֶרֶץ ח [Ps 106:24]; [Jer 3:19]; [Zech 7:14], compare ׳חֶלְקַת ח [Jer 12:10] ׳בתי ח [Ezek 26:12] נשׁים ׳ח [Dan 11:37], apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).
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