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Genesis 27:15

וַ תִּקַּח רִבְקָה אֶת בִּגְדֵי עֵשָׂו בְּנָהּ הַ גָּדֹל הַ חֲמֻדֹת אֲשֶׁר אִתָּהּ בַּ בָּיִת וַ תַּלְבֵּשׁ אֶת יַעֲקֹב בְּנָהּ הַ קָּטָן

And Stall-Fed is taking אֶת-the treacherous-garments of Prepared her builder the Great one of the Desirable ones,904 which are את-herself in the House, and she is clothing אֶת-Heel her builder the Small-one.


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Hebrew בְּנָ֤הּ הַגָּדֹל֙ הַחֲמֻדֹ֔ת. Her builder the Great one of the Desirable ones. Desirable ones, desires. ha-hamudot, is a noun in the feminine plural + definite article. Strong’s #2532, chemdah, desires, pleasant ones, delights.

And to who is the whole of the desire [chemdat] of Israel? Is it not to yourself and to the whole of the house of your father?” 1 Sam. 9:20 literal