חֶמְדָּה

Genesis 27:15 הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת the desirableness<es>

And Rebekah took the finest clothes in the house that belonged to her older son Esau, and she put them on her younger son Jacob.

Here: "The treasured things." This is a noun set beside "garments" to rename them: Esau's choice clothes, his finery. It comes from the root for desiring or coveting.

1 Samuel 9:20 חֶמְדַּ֣ת <the> desirable thing of

As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”

2 Chronicles 21:20 חֶמְדָּ֔ה desire

Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years. He died, to no one’s regret, and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

2 Chronicles 32:27 חֶמְדָּֽה׃ preciousness

Hezekiah had very great riches and honor, and he made treasuries for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of valuable articles.

2 Chronicles 36:10 חֶמְדַּ֣ת preciousness of

In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Here: From the root 'to desire, covet'. 'Vessels of desirableness' is the Hebrew way of saying 'precious, coveted vessels': objects valued both for their worth and for their holiness.

Psalm 106:24 חֶמְדָּ֑ה desire

They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

Here: "Desire." Together with the word before it, "land of desire" means a land worth wanting, a treasure. It comes from the same root as "you shall not covet" (chamad). The irony is sharp: they turned down the very thing anyone would want.

Isaiah 2:16 הַחֶמְדָּֽה׃ <the> desire

against every ship of Tarshish, and against every stately vessel.

Here: It comes from the same root as 'you shall not covet'. It names what people long to have. 'Ships of desire' are ships that are coveted, or ships loaded with coveted goods: luxury vessels, the pride of a trading nation.

Jeremiah 3:19 חֶמְדָּ֔ה desire

Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.

Here: 'A land of desire': a land people want and take pleasure in. It comes from the same root as 'covet' (chamad), so it means something desirable and prized, not merely nice.

Jeremiah 12:10 חֶמְדָּתִ֖י desire my

Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland.

Here: This comes from the root for strong desire ('do not covet' uses the same root). It names something longed for and prized. 'Pleasant' is too weak: this is the land God loves and wants.

Jeremiah 25:34 חֶמְדָּֽה׃ desire

Wail, you shepherds, and cry out; roll in the dust, you leaders of the flock. For the days of your slaughter have come; you will fall and be shattered like fine pottery.

Here: 'Of desire': something people want and prize. A 'vessel of desire' is a costly, treasured piece. The proud rulers are that prized object, and they will still fall and be ruined.

Ezekiel 26:12 חֶמְדָּתֵ֖ךְ desire your

They will plunder your wealth and pillage your merchandise. They will demolish your walls, tear down your beautiful homes, and throw your stones and timber and soil into the water.

Daniel 9:23 חֲמוּד֖וֹת [are] precious

At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:

Here: Literally "precious things," plural, used to intensify: "you are pure treasure," "you are highly prized." Elsewhere in Daniel the same word means costly delicacies (10:3) and treasures (11:38, 43).

Daniel 10:3 חֲמֻד֞וֹת desirableness<es>

I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.

Daniel 10:11 חֲ֠מֻדוֹת preciousness<es>

He said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.

Here: A plural from the root 'desire, prize', used for costly garments, treasures and fine food. 'Man of treasures' means a man who is treasured, highly prized in heaven's eyes. The plural makes it stronger: 'altogether precious'.

Daniel 10:19 חֲמֻד֛וֹת preciousness<es>

“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”

Here: The plural is abstract and intensive: 'great preciousness'. Daniel is someone treasured and prized, and the context shows it is God who treasures him (9:23). The same word was used for the 'choice food' Daniel had just refused to eat (10:3).

Daniel 11:8 חֶמְדָּתָ֜ם desire their

He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,

Daniel 11:37 חֶמְדַּ֥ת [the] desire of

He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.

Here: "The delight of": a desirable or treasured object, not the feeling of desire itself. Joined to "women", it names something women cherish. In a list of gods, that is most likely a deity especially loved by women.

Hosea 13:15 חֶמְדָּֽה׃ preciousness

Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

Here: 'Of desire', that is, desirable or precious. It comes from the root ḥmd, 'to desire, covet' (Exodus 20:17). These are the things people long for, now carried off by someone else.

Nahum 2:9 חֶמְדָּֽה׃ preciousness

“Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!” There is no end to the treasure, an abundance of every precious thing.

Here: From the root 'to desire, covet', the same root as 'you shall not covet'. 'Articles of desire' are objects people long to own. That makes them both precious and something to grab.

Haggai 2:7 חֶמְדַּ֣ת [the] precious thing of

I will shake all the nations, and they will come with all their treasures, and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD of Hosts.

Here: 'The desirable thing(s)': whatever the nations prize, their precious valuables. The form is singular but works as a collective here, which is why it takes the plural verb. Verse 8 ('The silver is mine, the gold is mine') confirms that wealth is in view.

Zechariah 7:14 חֶמְדָּ֖ה desire

But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”

Here: From the root for craving or coveting (as in 'you shall not covet'). The land was a treasured, longed-for prize, not just 'pleasant.'