Lexical Summary machmad: desire, desirable thing Original Word: מַחְמָדTransliteration: machmad Phonetic Spelling: (makh-mawd') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: desire, desirable thing Meaning: delightful, a delight, object of affection, desire Strong's Concordance beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant thing From chamad; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. Object of affection or desire -- beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing). see HEBREW chamad Brown-Driver-Briggs H4261. machmad מַחְמַד noun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute מַחְמַד Hosea 9:6; construct id. 1 Kings 20:6 3t. Ezekiel; plural מַחֲמַדַּים Song of Solomon 5:16; construct מַחֲמַדֵּי Lamentations 2:4; Hosea 9:16; suffix מַחֲמַדַּי Joel 4:5; מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ Isaiah 64:10; מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ2 Chronicles 36:19; Lamentations 1:10; מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם 1:11Qr (see also מַחְמֹד); — desirable, precious things ׳כלימֿ2 Chronicles 36:19; singular collective Hosea 9:6; plural Joel 4:5; Isaiah 64:10; Lamentations 1:10-11, (Qr), ׳מ בִּטְנָם Hosea 9:16; see especially plural intensive מַחֲמַדִּים כֻּלּוֺ Song of Solomon 5:16 all of him is delightfulness ("" מַמְתַֿקִּים); elsewhere עינים מַחְמַד desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1 Kings 20:6; Ezekiel 24:16 (of prophet's wife), 24:21; 24:25; plural Lamentations 2:4. מַחְמַד [מַחֲמֻדִים מַחְמֹד,] see חמד [מַחְמָל] see חמל. מַחְמֶ֫צֶת see I. חמץ. מַחֲנַיִם מַחֲנִהדָֿן, מַחֲנֶה, see חנה. מַחֲנָק see מַחֲסֶה מַחְסֶה, חנק, see חסה. מַחְסוֺם see חסם. מַחְסוֺר see חסר מַחְסֵיָה see חסה. |