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H2551 חֶמְלָה (chemlâh) khem-law'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 2550; commiseration

KJV Usage: merciful, pity

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חֶמְלָה (chem.lah) — compassion. mercy, pity, compassion

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · חמל

Love | Merciful | ≈ אֲהָבָה

compassion, mercy = process by which deities experience an emotion of having tender feelings towards someone, ► resulting in unwillingness to see that person come to harm

GEN 19:16 · ISA 63:9

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[חֶמְלָה] n.f. compassion, mercy base

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