חֶמְלָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2551

compassion — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

compassion tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֶמְלָה: n.f. compassion, mercy tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. compassion, mercy, of י׳ (strictly Inf. form from חמל, v. Ges§ 45, 1 b)—cstr. בְּחֶמְלַת י׳ עָלָיו Gn 19:16 (J), בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ וּבְחֶמְלָתוֹ גְאָלָם Is 63:9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: mercy (1); the mercy (1).

In the verses

Isaiah 63:9 · tree →

בְּֽכָל־צָרָתָ֣ם ׀ ל֣וֹ צָ֗ר וּמַלְאַ֤ךְ פָּנָיו֙ הֽוֹשִׁיעָ֔ם בְּאַהֲבָת֥וֹ וּבְחֶמְלָת֖וֹ ה֣וּא גְאָלָ֑ם וַֽיְנַטְּלֵ֥ם וַֽיְנַשְּׂאֵ֖ם כָּל־יְמֵ֥י עוֹלָֽם׃

Word for word: in all distress their [belonged].to him distress and the.angel his.presence his it saved.them in love his and in mercy his he he redeemed.them and he lifted.them.up and he carried.them all [the].days of.antiquity

JPS 1917: In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

Genesis 19:16 · tree →

וַֽיִּתְמַהְמָ֓הּ ׀ וַיַּחֲזִ֨קוּ הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּיָד֣וֹ וּבְיַד־אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ וּבְיַד֙ שְׁתֵּ֣י בְנֹתָ֔יו בְּחֶמְלַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה עָלָ֑יו וַיֹּצִאֻ֥הוּ וַיַּנִּחֻ֖הוּ מִח֥וּץ לָעִֽיר׃

Word for word: and he.delayed and they.took.hold the men on hand his and on the.hand his.wife his and on the.hand of.the.two daughters his in the.mercy of.Yahweh towards him and they brought.him.out and they placed.him from.[the] outside of the city

JPS 1917: But he lingered; and the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him. And they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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