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# רַחֲמִין

Biblical Aramaic

**compassion** — used 1 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

compassion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d7_5b2_5de_5b4_5d9_5df/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַחֲמִין: pl. intens. compassion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d7_5b2_5de_5b4_5d9_5df/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n. \[m.\] pl. intens. compassion (BH רַחֲמִים, √ I. רחם);—abs. ר׳ Dn 2:18.

### Jastrow 1903

רַחֲמִין

**The whole Jastrow entry:** Targ. Gen. XLIII, 30. Targ. Jer. XVI, 5; a. fr.—Ber. 20ᵇ וחייבין … דר׳ נינהו and they (women) are bound to say prayers, for they are a manifestation of love (and not a ceremony). Ḥull. 59ᵇ בעא ר׳ וכ׳ he prayed, and it returned to its place; a. fr.; v. בְּעֵי I

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: compassion(s) (1).

## In the verses

[Daniel 2:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.2.18/#tree)

וְרַחֲמִ֗ין לְמִבְעֵא֙ מִן־קֳדָם֙ אֱלָ֣הּ שְׁמַיָּ֔א עַל־רָזָ֖ה דְּנָ֑ה דִּ֣י לָ֤א יְהֹֽבְדוּן֙ דָּנִיֵּ֣אל וְחַבְר֔וֹהִי עִם־שְׁאָ֖ר חַכִּימֵ֥י בָבֶֽל׃

*Word for word:* and compassion(s) to ask from before the.God of the.heavens concerning the secret this that not they.will.destroy Daniel and companions his with the.rest of.the.wise.men of.Babylon

*JPS 1917:* that they might ask mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

## In Targum Onkelos

Number 200 of the commonest words of Targum Onkelos, the Aramaic translation of the Torah: used 29 times there, in the forms רַחֲמִין (25); לְרַחֲמִין (4).

[Genesis 6:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.6.8/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וְנֹחַ אַשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין קֳדָם יְיָ

וְנֹ֕חַ מָ֥צָא חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֵ֥י יְהוָֽה׃פ

*Word for word:* and Noah he.found favor in the.eyes of.Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.

[Genesis 47:25](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.25/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.25/#tree) · Onkelos, then the Hebrew

וַאֲמָרוּ קַיִּמְתָּנָא נִשְׁכַּח רַחֲמִין בְּעֵינֵי רִבּוֹנִי וּנְהֵי עַבְדִּין לְפַרְעֹה

וַיֹּאמְר֖וּ הֶחֱיִתָ֑נוּ נִמְצָא־חֵן֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י אֲדֹנִ֔י וְהָיִ֥ינוּ עֲבָדִ֖ים לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and they.said you have.preserved.us.alive may.we.find favor in the.eyes my.lord my and we.will.be slaves of Pharaoh

*JPS 1917:* And they said: 'Thou hast saved our lives. Let us find favour in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's bondmen.'

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1512/lemma_3a_5e8_5b7_5d7_5b2_5de_5b4_5d9_5df/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).