חֶמְדָּה
chemdâh · khem-daw'
delight
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H2531 (חֶמֶד);
delight
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: desire, goodly, pleasant, precious.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חֶמְדָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the pleasant2 · 8%
- greatly beloved2 · 8%
- goodly1 · 4%
- and on whom is all the desire1 · 4%
- and precious1 · 4%
- without being desired1 · 4%
- and for all manner of pleasant1 · 4%
- with the goodly1 · 4%
- precious1 · 4%
- and upon all pleasant1 · 4%
- thee a pleasant1 · 4%
- my pleasant1 · 4%
- like a pleasant1 · 4%
- thy pleasant1 · 4%
- thee; for thou art greatly beloved1 · 4%
- no pleasant1 · 4%
- and with their precious1 · 4%
- nor the desire1 · 4%
- and pleasant things1 · 4%
- and over all the precious1 · 4%
- of all pleasant1 · 4%
- out of all the pleasant1 · 4%
- and the desire1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.