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. XIX, 11 מי חְמָדָן which (of the two) holds them desirable; Yalk. ib. 676 [read]: מי החוֹמְדִין. Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod. s. 8 שאתה חומד וכ׳ 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׳ סופו וכ׳ 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. X, 3; Var. חמר).
    Nif. - נֶחְמַד 1) to be desired, desirable. Tanḥ. Vayera 5 שאתה נֶחְמָד לפני וכ׳ 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 לה וכ׳ a land which all the great men were anxious to possess (Yalk. Jer. 271 שהָמְדוּ). Koh. R. to IX, 7 בוראך מִתְחַמֵּד לך thy Creator is pleased with thee; תורתו מִתְחַמֶּדֶת לך His law is &c.