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title: רַחֲמִים — compassion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רַחֲמִים (7356), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 39 times: compassion. BDB 1906: n.m. abs.pl.intens. compassion. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רַחֲמִים

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«רַחֲמִים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **compassion** — 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:** 39 times · **Key:** 7356 · **BDB:** רַחֲמִים

### Glosses

compassion(s) (33); to (3); your.compassion(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רַחֲמִים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7356/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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