חֶמְדָּה noun feminine id. — ׳ח Hosea 13:15 8t.; construct חֶמְדַּת 1 Samuel 9:20 3t.; suffix חֶמְדָּתִי Jeremiah 12:10; חֶמְדָּתֵךְ Ezekiel 26:12; חֶמְדָּתָם Daniel 11:8; — desire of Israel 1 Samuel 9:20 followed by לְ before object of desire; ׳בְּלֹא ח = without desire2Chronicles 21:20 (i.e. he lived as no one desired), see Öttli ᵐ5 (not ᵐ5^L) ᵑ9; concrete: ישׂראל ׳כלחֿ 1 Samuel 9:20 and for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? so ᵐ5 ᵑ9 RV Dr; (>AV and on whom is all the desire of Israel?); compare כלהֿגוים ׳ובאו ח Haggai 2:7 (i.e. the desirable, precious things of all nations); elsewhere after construct as חֶמֶד; especially ׳כלי ח Hosea 13:15; Nahum 2:10; Jeremiah 25:34; 2Chronicles 32:27; 36:10; Daniel 11:8; ׳שְׂכִיּוֺת ח Isaiah 2:16, ׳אֶרֶץ ח Psalm 106:24; Jeremiah 3:19; Zechariah 7:14, compare ׳חֶלְקַת ח Jeremiah 12:10; ׳בתי ח Ezekiel 26:12; נשׁים ׳ח Daniel 11:37, apparently reference to some object of idolatrous worship, perhaps Adonis = Tammuz Ew Bev (Astarte, Meinh).