- Original: חמד - Transliteration: Chemed - Phonetic: kheh'-med - Definition: 1. desire, delight, beauty, desirable, pleasant - Origin: from H2530 - TWOT entry: 673a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: A primitive root; to delight in: - desirable pleasant. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • desirable, 3 Ezekiel 23:6; Ezekiel 23:12; Ezekiel 23:23 • pleasant, 2 Isaiah 32:12; Amos 5:11 • wine, 1 Isaiah 27:2