רַחַם
racham · rakh'-am
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7355 (רָחַם);
compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
- compassion (in the plural)
- by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus)
- by implication, a maiden
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The head, the highest that works to separate and protect of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רַחַם 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
45 occurrences · 45 OT · 0 NT · 40 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- mercies6 · 19%
- of thy tender mercies2 · 6%
- let thy tender mercies2 · 6%
- you mercy1 · 3%
- for his bowels1 · 3%
- and of the womb1 · 3%
- thee mercy1 · 3%
- a damsel1 · 3%
- for his mercies1 · 3%
- for her bowels1 · 3%
- them compassion1 · 3%
- are his mercies1 · 3%
- shall find compassion1 · 3%
- him mercy1 · 3%
- them according to thy mercies1 · 3%
- thy tender mercies1 · 3%
- not thou thy tender mercies1 · 3%
- his tender mercies1 · 3%
- and tender mercies1 · 3%
- them also to be pitied1 · 3%
- are thy tender mercies1 · 3%
- to all: and his tender mercies1 · 3%
- but the tender mercies1 · 3%
- womb1 · 3%
- from the womb1 · 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.