חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   khem-DA

   precious thing or desirable thing
2. clause🔊 יָבֹ֣וא קָדִ֗ים ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔ו ה֖וּא יִשְׁסֶ֣ה אוֹצַ֔ר כָּל־כְּלִ֖י חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

   will come an east wind wind of the LORD from the wilderness going up or rising and he will dry up his spring or his source and it will be parched his fountain it it will plunder treasury every vessel or object of precious thing or desirable thing
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵ֥ן אַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָבֹ֣וא קָדִ֗ים ר֨וּחַ יְהוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵבֹ֤שׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנֹ֔ו ה֖וּא יִשְׁסֶ֣ה אוֹצַ֔ר כָּל־כְּלִ֖י חֶמְדָּ֥ה׃

   KI HU VEN a-KHIM yaf-ri-I ya-VO ka-DIM RU-akh ye-ho-VAH mi-mid-BAR O-le ve-ye-VOSH me-ko-RO ve-ye-khe-RAV ma-e-NA-no HU yis-SE o-TSAR KAL-ke-LI khem-DA

   for or though he a son of brothers he will be fruitful will come an east wind wind of the LORD from the wilderness going up or rising and he will dry up his spring or his source and it will be parched his fountain it it will plunder treasury every vessel or object of precious thing or desirable thing

Exegesis

The final Piel imperfect yeshasseh {יְשַׁסֶּה | ye·šasseh} ‘he will plunder’ governs otzar kol keli chemdah {אוֹצָר כָּל־כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה | ʾō·ṣār kol kə·lî ḥem·dâ} ‘treasure of every precious vessel’. The cascade of vav-imperfects underscores the inevitability of divine judgment, and the contrast between initial fruitfulness and subsequent desolation highlights the dramatic reversal.

Root and etymology

ḥ-m-d🔊 ח־מ־דchet–mem–dalet

“desire; delight”

• 🔊 מַחְמָדmaḥ·māddesirable thingSong 5:16