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title: חֻמְלָה — compassion · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֻמְלָה (lemma:חֻמְלָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: compassion. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֻמְלָה

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«חֻמְלָה» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חֻמְלָה · **BDB:** חֻמְלָה

### Glosses

compassion (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

compassion [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5bb_5de_5b0_5dc_5b8_5d4/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. חמל Inf.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (2 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֻמְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5bb_5de_5b0_5dc_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 16:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.5/)

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לֹא־חָ֨סָה עָלַ֜יִךְ עַ֗יִן לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לָ֛ךְ אַחַ֥ת מֵאֵ֖לֶּה לְחֻמְלָ֣ה עָלָ֑יִךְ וַֽתֻּשְׁלְכִ֞י אֶל־פְּנֵ֤י הַשָּׂדֶה֙ בְּגֹ֣עַל נַפְשֵׁ֔ךְ בְּי֖וֹם הֻלֶּ֥דֶת אֹתָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* not it.looked.with.compassion on you an.eye to do for you one of these.\[things\] for compassion on you and you.were.thrown.out to the.surface of the.field in the.loathing your.life your on the.day were.born you

*JPS 1917:* No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field in the loathsomeness of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.

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