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title: חָמַל — spare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָמַל (2550), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 40 times: spare. BDB 1906: vb. spare. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָמַל

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«חָמַל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **spare** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 40 times · **Key:** 2550 · **BDB:** חָמַל

### Glosses

I.will.show.pity (6); he.had.compassion (5); I.will.have.compassion (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

spare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2550/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. spare [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2550/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. spare (Arabic حَمَلَ is bear, become responsible; Aramaic ܚܡܰܠ comportavit, congessit);— Pf. ח׳ 1 S 15:15 + 3 times; חָמָ֑ל 2 S 12:6; La 2:17; חָמָ֑לְתָּ La 2:21; 3:43; וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י Mal 3:17; Impf. יַחְמֹל Jb 16:13 + 6 times; יַחְמוֹל Jb 6:10 + 3 times; וַיַּחְמֹל 1 S 15:9 + 3 times; 3 fs. וַתַּחְמֹל Ex 2:6; 2 ms. תַּחְמֹל Dt 13:9 1 S 15:3; אֶחְמֹל Ez 8:18; 9:10; אֶחְמוֹל Je 13:14 + 4 times; וָאֶחְמֹל Ez 36:21; יַחְמֹ֑לוּ Is 9:18; תַּחְמְלוּ Je 50:14; 51:3; תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ Ez 9:5; Inf. cstr. חֻמְלָה Ez 16:5 (Ges§ 45. 1. b);—spare, have compassion, c. על Ex 2:6 (E), 1 S 15:3, 9, 15; 23:21; 2 S 21:7; 2 Ch 36:15, 17; Je 15:5; Ez 16:5; 36:21; Jb 20:13; Zc 11:5, 6; Mal 3:17(×2) Jo 2:18; Dt 13:9 (‖ חוס sq. על), Je 21:7 (‖ חוס sq. על + רתם), Ez 9:10 (‖ חוס sq. על according to 𝔖 𝔗 Co); sq. אֶל־ Je 51:3; Is 9:18; note poet. אַל־תַּחְ׳ אֶל־חֵץ = spare no arrow Je 50:14; sq. Inf. 2 S 12:4; abs. 2 S 12:6; Is 30:14; La 2:17, 21, also v 2 where appar. sq. acc., 3:43; Jb 6:10; 16:13; 27:22; Pr 6:34; Hb 1:17; ‖ חוס Ez 5:11; 7:4 (del. Co as doubl. of v 9), 7:9; 8:18; 9:5; Jer 13:14 (‖ אחוס and ארחם).

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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 (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָמַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2550/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.43/)

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סַכֹּ֤תָה בָאַף֙ וַֽתִּרְדְּפֵ֔נוּ הָרַ֖גְתָּ לֹ֥א חָמָֽלְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* you.have.covered.yourself with anger and you have.pursued.us you.have.killed not you.have.spared

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast covered with anger and pursued us; Thou hast slain unsparingly.

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[Proverbs 6:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.34/)

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כִּֽי־קִנְאָ֥ה חֲמַת־גָּ֑בֶר וְלֹֽא־יַ֝חְמ֗וֹל בְּי֣וֹם נָקָֽם׃

*Word for word:* (dm) jealousy \[is.the\].rage of.a.man and not he.will.have.compassion on a.day of.vengeance

*JPS 1917:* For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.

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