חָמַל
châmal · khaw-mal'
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to commiserate; by implication, to spare
- to commiserate
- by implication, to spare
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads
To separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָמַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- spared3 · 10%
- neither will i have pity3 · 10%
- and hath not pitied2 · 7%
- and she had compassion1 · 3%
- him, neither shalt thou spare1 · 3%
- all that they have, and spare1 · 3%
- for ye have compassion1 · 3%
- and he spared1 · 3%
- he had no pity1 · 3%
- because he had compassion1 · 3%
- and had no compassion1 · 3%
- let him not spare1 · 3%
- and doth not spare1 · 3%
- though he spare1 · 3%
- upon him, and not spare1 · 3%
- therefore he will not spare1 · 3%
- shall spare1 · 3%
- he shall not spare1 · 3%
- i will not pity1 · 3%
- for who shall have pity1 · 3%
- them, neither have pity1 · 3%
- at her, spare1 · 3%
- and spare1 · 3%
- and not pitied1 · 3%
- thou hast not pitied1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.