Lexical Definition

‎מַחְמֻד‎ machmud (makh-mood') desirable ^H:N-M
or מַחְמוּד machmûwd (makh-mood'); from ‎חָמַד‎

pleasant thing.

• desired
• hence, a valuable

1) desirable, precious thing

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מַחְמֹד‎] noun [masculine] desirable, precious thing; — ‎מַחֲמֻדֶיהָ‎ Lam 1:7, ‎מַחֲמוֺדֵיהֶם‎ Lam 1:11 Kt (Qr ‎מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם‎). Perhaps ‎׳‎‎מַחֲמַדּ‎ to be read in both; compare Sta^{§ 273 a}.

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