Lexical Definition

‎מַחְמָד‎ machmâd (makh-mawd') desire ^H:N-M
from ‎חָמַד‎

beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).

• delightful
• hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire

1) desire, desirable thing, pleasant thing

See Greek: ἔνδοξος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מַחְמַד‎ noun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute ‎מַחְמַד‎ Hos 9:6 construct id. 1Kgs 20:6 + 3 t. Ezekiel; plural ‎מַחֲמַדַּים‎ Song 5:16 construct ‎מַחֲמַדֵּי‎ Lam 2:4; Hos 9:16 suffix ‎מַחֲמַדַּי‎ Joel 4:5* ‎מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ‎ Isa 64:10* ‎מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ‎ 2Chr 36:19; Lam 1:10 ‎מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם‎ Lam 1:11Qr (see also ‎מַחְמֹד‎); — desirable, precious things ‎׳‎‎כלימֿ‎ 2Chr 36:19 singular collective Hos 9:6 plural Joel 4:5*; Isa 64:10*; Lam 1:10; Lam 1:11 (Qr), ‎בִּטְנָם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Hos 9:16 see especially plural intensive ‎כֻּלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים‎ Song 5:16 all of him is delightfulness (|| ‎מַמְתַֿקִּים‎); elsewhere ‎מַחְמַד עינים‎ desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1Kgs 20:6; Ezek 24:16 (of prophet's wife), vEzek 24:21 vEzek 24:25 plural Lam 2:4.

Also see: מַחְמֻד

‎מַחְמַד‎ [‎מַחְמֹד‎, ‎מַחֲמֻדִים‎] see ‎חמד‎ [‎מַחְמָל‎] see ‎חמל‎. ‎מַחְמֶ֫צֶת‎ see I. ‎חמץ‎. ‎מַחֲנֶה‎, ‎מַחֲנִהדָֿן‎, ‎מַחֲנַיִם‎ see ‎חנה‎. ‎מַחֲנָק‎ see ‎חנק‎, ‎מַחְסֶה‎, ‎מַחֲסֶה‎ see ‎חסה‎. ‎מַחְסוֺם‎ see ‎חסם‎. ‎מַחְסוֺר‎ see ‎חסר‎ ‎מַחְסֵיָה‎ see ‎חסה‎.

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