[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/mercy.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/) / mercy [← M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/M/) # mercy «mercy» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech noun (mercy, mercies) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Mercy is kindness or forgiveness shown to someone you could punish or hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#m1) 2) (church) Christians, Jews and Muslims believe God is full of mercy, forgiving people who turn back to him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#m2) 3) A mercy is a lucky thing that you are thankful for: "It's a mercy nobody was hurt." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#m3) 4) "At the mercy of" means in the power of someone or something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#m4) 5) "For mercy's sake" is an expression people use to beg someone urgently to stop or spare them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#m5) ### sense in the lessons In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah, mercy is God's kindness, which He shows to those who love Him and keep His commands. It is often joined with the word "covenant". Interpretation: The rabbis spoke of God's two ways, mercy and justice, and hoped mercy would win. God's mercy is said to last to a thousand generations, far longer than punishment. In the primary lessons: In stories a hero shows mercy to a beaten enemy; a cruel king shows none. In church services people pray "Lord, have mercy". In news, "a mercy mission" brings help to people in danger. Phrases: have mercy, show mercy, beg for mercy, at the mercy of, it's a mercy that, mercy me (old exclamation). ### examples - and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments. (Torah EXO.20.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x1) - and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. (Torah GEN.43.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x2) - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, He is God; the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love Him and keep His commandments to a thousand generations; (Torah DEU.7.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x3) - The mercy of God endureth continually. (Writings PSA.52.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x4) - Is His mercy clean gone for ever? (Writings PSA.77.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x5) - Appoint mercy and truth, that they may preserve him. (Writings PSA.61.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x6) - The king showed mercy and let the prisoner go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x7) - "Lord, have mercy," prayed the people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x8) - The little boat was at the mercy of the waves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x9) - It's a mercy the rain stopped before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x10) - The robber begged for mercy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x11) - Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x12) - The helicopter flew a mercy mission to the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/#x13) ### note Mostly uncountable; plural mercies in "small mercies" (things to be glad about). Adjective merciful, merciless. Mercy is not the same as justice: justice gives what is fair; mercy gives more kindness than is deserved. ### In the corpora - [and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1413/) - [and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.559/) - [and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.171/) - [but My mercy shall not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.193/) - [For I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt-offerings.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.80/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «mercy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/M/mercy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.