חֶמְדָּה

חֶמְדָּה noun feminine id. — ׳ח Hos 13,15 + 8 t.; construct חֶמְדַּת 1 Sam 9,20 + 3 t.; suffix חֶמְדָּתִי Jer 12,10 חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezk 26,12 חֶמְדָּתָם Dan 11,8 — desire of Israel 1 Sam 9,20 followed by לְ before object of desire; ׳בְּלֹא ח = without desire 2 Kron 21,20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli ᵐ5 (not ᵐ5^L) ᵑ9; concrete: ישׂראל ׳כלחֿ 1 Sam 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; 2 Kron 32,27; 2 Kron 36,10; Dan 11,8 ׳שְׂכִיּוֺת ח Es 2,16, ׳אֶרֶץ ח Sl 106,24; Jer 3,19; Zak 7,14, compare ׳חֶלְקַת ח Jer 12,10 ׳בתי ח Ezk 26,12 נשׁים ׳ח Dan 11,37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).