חֲמוּדָה
cha.mu.dah (H2530B)
precious thing
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# H2530B (חֲמוּדָה): "Precious Thing" The Hebrew word *chamudat* (חֲמוּדָה) denotes objects of value or desirability—literally "precious things." With only four occurrences in the biblical text, this noun represents a relatively uncommon term for describing items worthy of desire or protection. The word appears to function as a general category for valued possessions rather than referring to a specific type of object, allowing it to apply across different contexts where something is considered important or worth acquiring. The limited frequency of this word in Scripture suggests it served a specialized rather than everyday function in biblical Hebrew. Its rarity makes each occurrence potentially significant for understanding how ancient Hebrew speakers distinguished between ordinary possessions and those deemed particularly worthy or valuable. The term reflects a conceptual distinction in the language between common goods and items deserving special attention—a distinction the biblical authors evidently found necessary to express, even if they did not employ this particular word with great regularity.
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When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their plunder, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away. They took plunder for three days, it was so much.
twenty bowls of gold weighing one thousand darics; and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold.
But in his place he will honor the god of fortresses. He will honor a god whom his fathers didn’t know with gold, silver, and with precious stones and pleasant things.
But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt. The Libyans and the Ethiopians will be at his steps.