מַחְמַד noun masculine desire, desirable thing — absolute מַחְמַד [Hos 9:6] construct id. [1Kgs 20:6] + 3 t. Ezekiel; plural מַחֲמַדַּים [Song 5:16] construct מַחֲמַדֵּי [Lam 2:4]; [Hos 9:16] suffix מַחֲמַדַּי [Joel 4:5] מַחֲמַדֵּינוּ [Isa 64:10] מַחֲמַדֶּיהָ [2Chr 36:19]; [Lam 1:10] מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם [Lam 1:11]Qr (see also מַחְמֹד); — desirable, precious things ׳כלימֿ [2Chr 36:19] singular collective [Hos 9:6] plural [Joel 4:5]; [Isa 64:10]; [Lam 1:10]; [Lam 1:11] (Qr), בִּטְנָם ׳מ [Hos 9:16] see especially plural intensive כֻּלּוֺ מַחֲמַדִּים [Song 5:16] all of him is delightfulness (|| מַמְתַֿקִּים); elsewhere מַחְמַד עינים desire of the eyes, i.e. that in which the eyes take delight [1Kgs 20:6]; [Ezek 24:16] (of prophet's wife), v[Ezek 24:21] v[Ezek 24:25] plural [Lam 2:4].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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