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Strong's #7356 - רַחֲמִים
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- n m
- womb
- n m abs pl intens
- compassion
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2762) mhr (רההמ RHhM) AC: ? CO: Bowels AB: Compassion: The bowels are the seat of compassion. [from: kr- as the loins]
V) mhr (רההמ RHhM) - Compassion: KJV (47): (vf: Paal, Pual, Piel) mercy, compassion, pity, love, merciful - Strongs: H7355 (רָחַם)
Nm) mhr (רההמ RHhM) - I. Bowels:The belly or womb. II. Compassion:As the belly being the seat of compassion. [Hebrew and Aramaic] III. Racham:An unknown bird. KJV (73): mercy, compassion, womb, bowels, pity, damsel, tender love, matrix, eagle - Strongs: H7356 (רַחֲמִים), H7358 (רֶחֶם), H7359 (רַחֲמִין), H7360 (רָחָמָה)
Nf1) emhr (רההמה RHhMH) - Womb: KJV (1): two, eagle - Strongs: H7361 (רַחֲמָה)
dm) mfhr (רההומ RHhWM) - Compassionate: KJV (13): merciful, compassion - Strongs: H7349 (רַחוּם)
mfm) inmhr (רההמני RHhMNY) - Compassionate: KJV (1): pitiful - Strongs: H7362 (רַחֲמָנִי)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
1 womb, Genesis 49:25 (J) Jeremiah 20:17; Job 24:20; מֵרחם i.e. from birth Jeremiah 20:17; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 58:4; Job 3:11 (מִנִּי), Isaiah 46:3, figurative Psalm 110:3; בָּרֶחֶם Job 31:15; ׳יצא מֵר go forth from womb in birth Jeremiah 1:5; Jeremiah 20:18; Job 38:8, compare Job 10:18; אֵם׳מֵר Numbers 12:12 (E); ׳פתח ר open the womb, in order to childbirth Genesis 29:31; Genesis 30:22 (JE); כָּלמֶּֿטֶר רחם all that first opens womb (of men and animals) Exodus 13:12,15; Exodus 34:19 (J) Numbers 18:15 (P) Ezekiel 20:26; ׳פטר ר Numbers 3:12 (P), ׳מִּטְרַת כל ר Numbers 8:16; ׳פטר כל ר Exodus 13:2 (P); on the other hand, מַשִׁכִּיל׳ר Hosea 9:14 miscarrying womb; ׳עֹצֶר ר Proverbs 30:16 restraint (i.e. barrenness) of womb (so Psalm 107:36 Perles Anal. 85); ׳עָצַר בְּעַד ר (of God) Genesis 20:18 (E); סָגַר׳ר (בְּעַד) 1 Samuel 1:5,6, preventing childbirth.
2 womb- Prayer of Manasseh , woman-slave: רַחַם רַחֲמָתַיִם Judges 5:30 a woman, two women.
רַחֲמִים noun masculine 2 Samuel 24:14
absolute plural intensive compassion (according to many denominative from רֶחֶם, originally brotherhood, brotherly feeling, of those born from same womb, see Nö ZMG xl (1886), 151 (yet see 152) We GGN 1893,475 Gerber126, or motherly feeling Kö ii. 1,34); — absolute ׳ר Genesis 43:14 +; construct רַחֲמֵי Proverbs 12:10; suffix רַחֲמָיו Lamentations 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr, Kt רחמו), 2 Samuel 24:14 Qr (> Kt רחמו), etc.; —
1 compassion: usually of God Isaiah 63:7,15; Psalm 77:10; Psalm 79:8; Psalm 119:77; Zechariah 1:16; Daniel 9:9; Nehemiah 9:28; with רבים 2 Samuel 24:14 = 1 Chronicles 21:13; Nehemiah 9:19,27,31; Psalm 119:156; Daniel 9:18; גדולים Isaiah 54:7; "" חסד Psalm 40:12; Psalm 103:4; Hosea 2:21; Jeremiah 16:5; חסדים Psalm 25:6; כרֹב רחמיךָ Psalm 51:3; Psalm 69:17; with על of thing Psalm 145:9; ל׳נתן ר Deuteronomy 13:18; Jeremiah 42:12; ׳לא כלו ר Lamentations 3:22.
2 of man, Amos 1:11; Proverbs 12:10; ׳עשׂה ר Zechariah 7:9; לִפְנֵי׳ר ׳נָתַן לפ Genesis 43:14 (R); נתןלִפְנֵי ׳לר׳פ 1 Kings 8:50; Nehemiah 1:11; Daniel 1:9; Psalm 106:46, compare 2 Chronicles 30:9; ל׳שׂם ר Isaiah 47:6; אל׳נִכְמְרוּ ר Genesis 43:30 (J), with על 2 Kings 3:26.
רַחֲמִים pl. (compare Lehrg. p. 576)
(1) the bowels, τὰ σπλάγχνα, as the seat of the emotions of the mind (see the root), Proverbs 12:10 hence very tender affection, specially love, natural affection towards relatives, Genesis 43:30; Amos 1:11; 1 Kings 3:26 (τὰ σπλάγχνα, 2 Corinthians 6:12, 7:15 ).
(2) pity, grace, favour, Isaiah 47:6 especially of God, Psalms 25:6, 40:12. נָתַן רַחֲמִים לְ Deuteronomy 13:18 and שׂוּם רַחֲמִים לְ Isai. 47:6 to shew mercy to any one. נָתַן פּ׳ לְרַחֲמִים לִפְנֵי to obtain any one’s mercy for any one, 1 Kings 8:50; Psalms 106:46.