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# רַחֲמִים

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7356

**compassion** — used 39 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

compassion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7356/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רַחֲמִים: n.m. abs.pl.intens. compassion [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7356/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. 2 S 24:14 abs.pl.intens. compassion (according to many denom. from רֶחֶם, orig. brotherhood, brotherly feeling, of those born from same womb, v. NöZMG xl (1886), 151 (yet v. 152) WeGGN 1893, 475 Gerber 126, or motherly feeling Köii. 1, 34);—abs. ר׳ Gn 43:14 +; cstr. רַחֲמֵי Pr 12:10; sf. רַחֲמָיו La 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr, Kt רחמו), 2 S 24:14 Qr (\> Kt רחמו), etc.;— compassion: usually of God Is 63:7, 15 ψ 77:10; 79:8; 119:77; Zc 1:16 Dn 9:9 Ne 9:28; c. רבים 2 S 24:14 = 1 Ch 21:13; Ne 9:19, 27, 31 ψ 119:156; Dn 9:18; גדולים Is 54:7; ‖ חסד ψ 40:12; 103:4; Ho 2:21; Je 16:5; חסדים ψ 25:6; כרֹב רחמיךָ ψ 51:3; 69:17; c. על rei 145:9; נתן ר׳ ל Dt 13:18; Je 42:12; לא כָלוּ ר׳ La 3:22. of man, Am 1:11; Pr 12:10; עשׂה ר׳ Zc 7:9; נָתַן לפ׳ ר׳ לִפְנֵי Gn 43:14 (R); נתן פ׳ לר׳ לִפְנֵי 1 K 8:50; Ne 1:11; Dn 1:9 ψ 106:46, cf. 2 Ch 30:9; שׂם ר׳ ל Is 47:6; נִכְמְרוּ ר׳ אל Gn 43:30 (J), c. על 1 K 3:26.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 39 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: compassion(s) (33); to (3); your compassion(s) (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 119:156](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.156/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.119.156/#tree)

רַחֲמֶ֖יךָ רַבִּ֥ים ׀ יְהוָ֑ה כְּֽמִשְׁפָּטֶ֥יךָ חַיֵּֽנִי׃

*Word for word:* compassion(s) your \[are\].great O.Yahweh according to your.judgments preserve me.alive

*JPS 1917:* Great are Thy compassions, O LORD; quicken me as Thou art wont.

[Proverbs 12:10](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.10/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.10/#tree)

יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].knowing a.righteous.\[person\] the.life his.animals his and.\[the\] compassion(s) of.wicked.\[people\] \[are\].cruel

*JPS 1917:* A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7356.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7356/): 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).