חֶמֶד (ḥemed) is a Hebrew noun meaning desire. It appears 6 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2531).

Also rendered

• delight

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 673a)

Root family 673: חָמַד ḥāmad — desire, delight in. Cf. Ugaritic ḥmd “be pleasant,” but also covet, lust after (ASV and RSV similar but in the positive contexts [eleven of twenty-one] prefer the less ambiguous delight in”). The Arabic ḥamida means praise and the name Mohammed comes from the root

• חָמַד ḥămûdâ — desire
• חֶמְדָּה ḥămûdâ — desire
• מַחְמָד maḥmād — desire
• מַחְמֹד maḥmōd — desirable

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