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title: רַחוּם — compassionate · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַחוּם (7349), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: compassionate. BDB 1906: adj. compassionate. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַחוּם

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«רַחוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **compassionate** — 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 7349 · **BDB:** רַחוּם

### Glosses

compassionate (11); \[is\].compassionate (1); \[was\].compassionate (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

compassionate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7349/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. compassionate [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7349/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. compassionate; usually of God: אֵל רַחוּם Dt 4:31, ר׳ וְחַנּוּן Ex 34:6 (J) = ψ 86:15; 103:8; later חַנּוּן ור׳ 2 Ch 30:9; Ne 9:17, 31; Jo 2:13; Jon 4:2 ψ 111:4; 145:8; והוא ר׳ 78:38. Once of man ψ 112:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַחוּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7349/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 103:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.103.8/)

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רַח֣וּם וְחַנּ֣וּן יְהוָ֑ה אֶ֖רֶךְ אַפַּ֣יִם וְרַב־חָֽסֶד׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].compassionate and gracious Yahweh long of.anger(s) and great of.covenant.loyalty

*JPS 1917:* The LORD is full of compassion and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy.

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[Psalms 111:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.111.4/)

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זֵ֣כֶר עָ֭שָׂה לְנִפְלְאֹתָ֑יו חַנּ֖וּן וְרַח֣וּם יְהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* remembrance he.has.appointed of wonders his \[is\].gracious and compassionate Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* He hath made a memorial for His wonderful works; the LORD is gracious and full of compassion.

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