H4262 H4262
precious things, treasures, valuables
This plural noun denotes precious possessions or treasured items. Both occurrences appear in Lamentations describing Jerusalem's fall, where the city's valuable possessions become objects of plunder and desperation. The term captures the pathos of loss—treasures once carefully guarded now exchanged for bread or seized by enemies. The multilingual evidence (Spanish cosas-preciosas, French choses-précieuses) consistently emphasizes their precious, valuable quality rather than mere material goods.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Refers to valuable possessions or treasures that hold economic and sentimental worth. Both Lamentations passages (1:7, 1:11) use this term to depict Jerusalem's desperate state during siege and conquest—treasures viewed by enemies (1:7) or traded for food (1:11). The cross-linguistic glosses uniformly emphasize the precious, treasured nature of these items, distinguishing them from ordinary property. 2×
AR["[نَفَائِسَهُمْ]", "نَفَائِسِهَا"]·ben["[তাদের-মূল্যবান-জিনিস]", "তার-মূল্যবান-জিনিসগুলি"]·DE["[[מחמודיהם]]", "[מחמדיה]"]·EN["[their-treasures]", "her-precious-things"]·FR["chose-précieuse", "ses-choses-précieuses"]·heb["מחמדיה", "מחמדיהם"]·HI["अपने-बहुमूल्य-वस्तुओं-को"]·ID["[harta-harta-mereka]", "harta-hartanya-yang-berharga"]·IT["delizia", "le-sue-delizie"]·jav["barang-éndah-ipun"]·KO["그녀-보물들-을", "케티브"]·PT["[suas-coisas-preciosas]", "suas-coisas-preciosas"]·RU["[драгоценности-свои]", "драгоценности-его"]·ES["[sus-cosas-preciosas]", "sus-cosas-preciosas"]·SW["hazina-zao", "za-thamani-zake"]·TR["[değerliler-onların]", "değerliler-onun"]·urd["اپنی-قیمتی-چیزیں"]
Related Senses
H5414 1. give, bestow (1855×)H3947 1. take, seize, grasp (Qal) (940×)G2192 1. possess / have (680×)G1325 1. give, bestow (336×)H5159 1. inherited land or property (170×)G2983 1. receive, obtain (134×)H3423 1. Qal: take possession of land (130×)G2983 2. take, take up (113×)G2398 1. one's own, belonging to oneself (91×)G3860 1. hand over, deliver to custody (78×)H7998 1. spoil, plunder, booty (74×)G1325 2. be given, be granted (70×)H5414 2. put, place, set (68×)H7999a 1. pay, repay, recompense (63×)H7069 1. Buy, purchase (59×)H1892 1. vanity, futility, absurdity (58×)H5159 2. heritage as covenant portion (52×)H6299 1. redeem or ransom (Qal active) (49×)H4376 1. Sell (Qal active) (47×)H1350a 1. Redeem, buy back (46×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַחְמֹד] n.[m.] desirable, precious thing;—מַחֲמֻדֶיהָ La 1:7, מַחֲמוֹדֵיהֶם La 1:11 Kt (Qr מַחֲמַדֵּיהֶם). Perhaps מַחֲמַדּ׳ to be read in both; cf. Sta§ 273 a.