Strong's Lexicon: H7356 רַחַם

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7356
Word:	רַחַם
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H7355
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	45
Transliteration:	racham
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	rakh'-am
Meaning:	1. compassion (in the plural) 2. (by extension) the womb (as cherishing the fetus) 3. (by implication) a maiden
KJV Renderings:	bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.

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BDB7862

רֶ֫חֶם, רַ֫הַם noun masculine^{Hos 9:14} womb (feminine Jer 20:17, unless הֲרַת a noun, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi.81} SS); — absolute ׳ ר Gen 20:18 +, רַ֫חַם Judg 5:30, רָ֑חֶם Jer 20:17 +, רָ֑חַם Gen 49:25 +; construct רֶ֫חֶם Num 12:12; Job 3:11 suffix רַחְמָהּ Gen 29:31 +, רַחְמָהֿ Jer 20:17 ( Ges^{«GKC:91e»§ 91e}; >f. absolute Kö^{ii. 1. 159}); dual רַחֲמָתַיִם Judg 5:30 —

1. womb, Gen 49:25 ( J ) Jer 20:17; Job 24:20 מֵרחם i.e. from birth Jer 20:17; Ps 22:11; Ps 58:4; Job 3:11 (מִנִּי), Isa 46:3, figurative Ps 110:3 בָּרֶחֶם Job 31:15 ׳ יצא מֵר go forth from womb in birth Jer 1:5; Jer 20:18; Job 38:8, compare Job 10:18 אֵם ׳ מֵר Num 12:12 ( E ); ׳ פתח ר open the womb, in order to childbirth Gen 29:31; Gen 30:22 ( J E ); כָּלפֶּֿטֶר רחם all that first opens womb (of men and animals) Exod 13:12; Exod 13:15; Exod 34:19 ( J ) Num 18:15 ( P ) Ezek 20:26 ׳ פטר ר Num 3:12 ( P ), ׳ פִּטְרַת כל ר Num 8:16 ׳ פטר כל ר Exod 13:2 ( P ); on the other hand, מַשִׁכִּיל ׳ ר Hos 9:14 miscarrying womb; ׳ עֹצֶר ר Prov 30:16 restraint (i.e. barrenness) of womb (so Ps 107:36 Perles^{Anal. 85}); ׳ עָצַר בְּעַד ר (of God) Gen 20:18 ( E ); סָגַר ׳ ר (בְּעַד) 1Sam 1:5; 1Sam 1:6, preventing childbirth.

2. womb-man, woman-slave: רַחַם רַחֲמָתַיִם Judg 5:30 a woman, two women.

BDB7863

רַחֲמִים noun masculine^{2Sam 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 Gen 43:14 +; construct רַחֲמֵי Prov 12:10 suffix רַחֲמָיו Lam 3:22 (Baer Gi; van d. H. Qr , Kt רחמו), 2Sam 24:14 Qr (> Kt רחמו), etc.; —

1. compassion: usually of God Isa 63:7; Isa 63:15; Ps 77:10; Ps 79:8; Ps 119:77; Zech 1:16; Dan 9:9; Neh 9:28 with רבים 2Sam 24:14 = 1Chr 21:13; Neh 9:19; Neh 9:27; Neh 9:31; Ps 119:156; Dan 9:18 גדולים Isa 54:7 || חסד Ps 40:12; Ps 103:4; Hos 2:21; Jer 16:5 חסדים Ps 25:6 כרֹב רחמיךָ Ps 51:3; Ps 69:17 with על of thing Ps 145:9 ל ׳ נתן ר Deut 13:18; Jer 42:12 ׳ לא כלו ר Lam 3:22.

2. of man, Amos 1:11; Prov 12:10 ׳ עשׂה ר Zech 7:9 לִפְנֵי ׳ ר ׳ נָתַן לפ Gen 43:14 ( R ); נתן לִפְנֵי ׳ לר ׳ פ 1Kgs 8:50; Neh 1:11; Dan 1:9; Ps 106:46, compare 2Chr 30:9 ל ׳ שׂם ר Isa 47:6 אל ׳ נִכְמְרוּ ר Gen 43:30 ( J ), with על 2Kgs 3:26.

BDB9899

רַחֲמִין noun [masculine] plural intensive compassion (Biblical Hebrew רַחֲמִים, √ I. רחם); — absolute ׳ ר Dan 2:18.

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Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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