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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 ᵐ5 L ) 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).