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רֶ֫חֶם, רַ֫הַם noun masculine Hos 9:14 womb (feminine Jer 20:17, unless הֲרַת a noun, compare AlbrZAW 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 Köii. 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
PerlesAnal. 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.