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מַחְמָד

Strong’s: H4261

Associated OET lemmas: מַחְמָד

Other spellings: מַחֲמָד

Notes: Passage: OET LAM 1:11
MT-Q מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם | MT-K מַחֲמֹודֵּיהֶם = מַחְמֹד

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: חמד

Sense 1: object of desire

Semantic domains: Wish (002004002001001)

Core domains: Quality (137); Value (186)

Definition: = inanimate objects that are the object of someone's desire, ◄ because of their quality or value

Show passage in OET: KI1 20:6

OET-RV KI1 20:6

6 but around this time tomorrow, he’ll send his servants to you to search through your palace and the homes of your people, and they’ll take everything that they consider to be of value.”

OET-LV KI1 20:6

6 If/because if about_time tomorrow I _will _send DOM servants _of_my to_you and_they _will _search DOM house _of_your and_DOM the _houses _of your_servants and_it _was every _of (the)_desire _of your _two’s _eyes _of_your they _will _put in_hand _of_their and_they _will _take_it.

Show passage in OET: CH2 36:19

OET-RV CH2 36:19

19 They set God’s temple on fire, and tore down some of the wall surrounding Yerushalem, burnt all its palaces, and destroyed everything valuable.

OET-LV CH2 36:19

19 And_they _burnt DOM the _house _of the_ʼElohīm and_they _pulled _down DOM the _wall _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_all palaces _of_its they _burnt with_fire and_all the _articles _of its _desirable _things _of_her to_destroy.

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All 12 recorded passages for this sense

KI1: OET KI1 20:6

CH2: OET CH2 36:19

ISA: OET ISA 64:11

LAM: OET LAM 1:10–11 · OET LAM 2:4

EZE: OET EZE 24:16 · OET EZE 24:21 · OET EZE 24:25

HOS: OET HOS 9:6 · OET HOS 9:16

JOL: OET JOL 3:5

Sense 2: attractiveness, beauty, charming

Semantic domains: Good (002001001028)

Core domains: Body (019); Beauty (016); Sex (155)

Definition: = state in which humans are highly attractive; ► which provokes in someone else the desire to have a (sexual) relationship with that person

Synonyms: מַמְתַּקִּים

Show passage in OET: SNG 5:16

OET-RV SNG 5:16

16 His mouth is most sweet,
⇔ ≈ and all of him is most desirable.
⇔ This is my dearest, and this is my friend,
⇔ young women of Yerushalem (Jerusalem).

OET-LV SNG 5:16

16 Mouth _of_his is_sweetness(es) and_all _of_of _him is_desirableness(es) this lover _of_is_my and_this friend _of_is_my Oh _daughters _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem).

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