רַחוּם
rachûwm · rakh-oom'
compassionate
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7355 (רָחַם);
compassionate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: full of compassion, merciful.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to separate and protect › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַחוּם 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and merciful5 · 38%
- and full of compassion3 · 23%
- merciful1 · 8%
- is a merciful1 · 8%
- but he, being full of compassion1 · 8%
- full of compassion1 · 8%
- is merciful1 · 8%
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.