תַחְמֹ֖ד
𐤕𐤇𐤌𐤃
tachemod
you shall covet
a primitive root; to delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).
Deuteronomy 5:21 · Word #2
Lexicon H2530
| Lemma | חָמַד |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤇𐤌𐤃 |
| Transliteration | châmad |
| Strong's | H2530 |
| In-context | you shall covet |
Morphology HVqi2ms
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | V — Verb — An action or state |
| Binyan | q — Qal — Simple active |
| Conjugation | i — Imperfect — Incomplete or ongoing action |
| Person | 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you") |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
SIBI-P1 H2530-10
you (masculine singular) shall desire
| Root | חמד (ḥ-m-d) |
| Core Meanings | desire, delight, take pleasure in, find precious, covet |
| Semantic Range | to desire, to delight in, to take pleasure in, to regard as precious, to covet (wrongfully), to find beautiful or desirable |
| Conceptual Significance | חמד expresses the inner movement of the heart toward what is perceived as beautiful or desirable. In covenant contexts (e.g., the Ten Words), it exposes the moral dimension of desire itself, highlighting that covenant faithfulness extends beyond outward action to inward longing. |
| Morphological Notes | Qal imperfect (yiqtol/jussive) 2nd person masculine singular from חָמַד. The jussive form is functionally identical in spelling here and often appears in prohibitions (e.g., with לֹא). |
| Rendering Rationale | The form is Qal imperfect/jussive, second person masculine singular, expressing either simple future or prohibitive force in context. "Shall desire" preserves the root sense of inward delight or longing, while explicitly marking the masculine singular addressee reflected in the Hebrew morphology. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root חמד (desire, delight, take pleasure in, find precious, covet)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H2530-01 |
bachamudo | when he delighted in him |
H2530-02 |
chamad | he delighted in |
H2530-03 |
chamadetem | you men desired |
Word Usage (28 occurrences of H2530)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 2:9 | נֶחְמָ֥ד | nechemad | pleasing |
| Genesis 3:6 | וְ/נֶחְמָ֤ד | venechemad | and desirable |
| Exodus 20:17 | תַחְמֹ֖ד | tachemod | you shall covet |