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# מַחְמָד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4261

**desire** — used 13 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

desire [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4261/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מַחְמַד: n.m. desire, desirable thing [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4261/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. desire, desirable thing—abs. מַחְמַד Ho 9:6; cstr. id. 1 K 20:6 + 3 times Ez; pl. מַחֲמַדַּים Ct 5:16; cstr. מַחֲמַדֵּי La 2:4; Ho 9:16; sf. מַחֲמַדַּי Jo 4:5; מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ Is 64:10; מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ 2 Ch 36:19; La 1:10; מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם La 1:11 Qr (v. also מַחְמֹד);—desirable, precious things כלי־מ׳ 2 Ch 36:19; sg. coll. Ho 9:6; pl. Jo 4:5; Is 64:10; La 1:10, 11; (Qr), מ׳ בִּטְנָם Ho 9:16; v. especially pl. intens. כֻּלּוֹ מַחֲמַדִּים Ct 5:16 all of him is delightfulness (‖ מַמְתַֿקִּים); elsewhere מַחְמַד עינים desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight 1 K 20:6; Ez 24:16; (of proph.’s wife), v 21, 25; pl. La 2:4.

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: the desire (3); things (3); (the) desire (1).

## In the verses

[Song of Songs 5:16](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.16/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.16/#tree)

חִכּוֹ֙ מַֽמְתַקִּ֔ים וְכֻלּ֖וֹ מַחֲּמַדִּ֑יםזֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ וְזֶ֣ה רֵעִ֔י בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* mouth his \[is\].sweetness(es) and all of.him \[is\].desirableness(es) this lover \[is\].my and this friend \[is\].my O.daughters of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'

[Joel 4:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.4.5/#tree)

אֲשֶׁר־כַּסְפִּ֥י וּזְהָבִ֖י לְקַחְתֶּ֑ם וּמַֽחֲמַדַּי֙ הַטֹּבִ֔ים הֲבֵאתֶ֖ם לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* that silver my and gold my you.took and my.desirable things (the) good you.took to your.own temples

*JPS 1917:* Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4261.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4261/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).