חמד

חָמַד(b. h.; cmp. חמם) 1) (to be hot, to desire, covet; to be carnally excited. Nidd.20b חֲמַדְתִּיו (or חִמַּ׳ Pi.) I had a desire for his embrace. Midr. Till. to Ps. 19:11 מי חְמָדָן which (of the two) holds them desirable; Yalk. ib. 676 (read): מי החֹומְדִין. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s.8 שאתה חומדוכ׳ that you may desire his daughter for your son; ח׳ בדבור expressing a desire by words (without thinking of means to obtain the object of his desire). (Ib. ed. Weiss, אם התאוה סופו לַחֲמוֹד if one desires (what belongs to his neighbor), he will finally covet it (think of means to obtain it). Ib. אם ח׳ סופווכ׳ if he covets, he will finally use force and rob. B. Mets.5b לאו דלא תַחְמוֹד, v. לַאו; a. fr.Part. pass. חָמוּד, f. חֲמוּדָה desirable, precious. Pesik. R. s. 36 ח׳ ונאה precious and fine (of conduct).Sabb.88b ח׳ גנוזה ed., v. חֶמְדָּה.( 2) (= חָמַר) to produce shrivelling by heat. Snh.VII, 2 (52a) Ar. (ref. to Dan. 10:3; Var. חמר). Nif. נֶחְמַד 1) to be desired, desirable. Tanḥ. Vayera 5 שאתה נֶחְמָד לפניוכ׳ that thou art held desirable before the Lord; a. e.( 2) to be shrivelled. Ḥull.III, 3 Ar., Var. נחמר, v. supra. Pi. חִימֵּד to covet. Macc.III, 15 שנפשו … מתאוה להן ומְחַמַּדְתָּן which man longs for and covets. Hithpa. הִתְחַמֵּד, Nithpa. נִתְחַמֵּד (with ל) to be anxious for; to be pleased with. Tanḥ. Mishp. 17 ארץ שנִתְחַמְּדוּ להוכ׳ a land which all the great men were anxious to possess (Yalk. Jer. 271 שחָמְדוּ). Koh. R. to IX, 7 בוראך מִתְחַמֵּד לך thy Creator is pleased with thee; תורתו מִתְחַמֶּרֶת לך His law is