חֶמֶד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2531

desire — used 6 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 →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶ֫מֶד: desire, delight tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] desire, delight—abs. ח׳ Am 5:11 + 4 times; only after a cstr.; כַּרְמֵי־ח׳ נְטַעְתֶּם Am 5:11 vineyards of desire (i.e. delightful vineyards) have ye planted; so read also Is 27:2 (for MT כֶּרֶם חֶמֶר) Codd. ℌ 𝔊 van d. H. Lo Hi Ew De Di Che Du; so of fields שְׂדֵי ח׳ Is 32:12; elsewhere of young men בַּחוּרֵי ח׳ Ez 23:6, 12, 23 desirable young men = fine, attractive, young men.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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: of desire (6).

In the verses

Isaiah 32:12 · tree →

עַל־שָׁדַ֖יִם סֹֽפְדִ֑ים עַל־שְׂדֵי־חֶ֕מֶד עַל־גֶּ֖פֶן פֹּרִיָּֽה׃

Word for word: on breasts mourning on fields of.desire on vine[s] fruitful

JPS 1917: Smiting upon the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine;

Isaiah 27:2 · tree →

בַּיּ֖וֹם הַה֑וּא כֶּ֥רֶם חֶ֖מֶדעַנּוּ־לָֽהּ׃

Word for word: in the day (the) that a.vineyard of.desire sing of it

JPS 1917: In that day sing ye of her: 'A vineyard of foaming wine!'

On Mova

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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).

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