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2 Samuel 21:7
“But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H2550 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to commiserate; by implication, to spare
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּחְמֹ֣ל — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 2:6Deuteronomy 13:91 Samuel 15:31 Samuel 15:91 Samuel 15:15
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read חָמַל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.