The corpus record — Hebrew

רַחֲמִים֙

racham

‏רחמים‎ Lam 322, the eschatological things Da 1270 Cj

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Distribution

Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 45 · 1.47/10k

Senses

1. רחמים

‏רחמים‎ Lam 322, the eschatological things Da 1270 Cj

2. רַחָמִים

bowels

3. רַחֲמִים

compassion

4. רַחַם

compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden

Attestations

רַחֲמִים֙ Genesis 43:14 (BHS)
רַחֲמָי/ו֙ Genesis 43:30 (BHS)
וָ/רָֽחַם Genesis 49:25 (BHS)
רַחֲמִים֙ Deuteronomy 13:18 (BHS)
רַ֤חַם Judges 5:30 (BHS)
רחמ/ו 2 Samuel 24:14 (BHS)

6 of 45 attestations shown.

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Koehler-Baumgartner, The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament (HALOT) scan p. 123; entry #521 Review: Under source audit
Klein, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language (Carta 1987) scan p. 637; entry #15766 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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Hebrew text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology and lemmatization from the OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible (OSHB), CC BY 4.0. Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) lexicon, public domain.