Original Language Studio
Nehemiah 9:31
“Nevertheless for thy great mercies’ sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רַחַםracham · rakh'-am
H7356 · Hebrew
H7356 · Hebrew
- Definition
- compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
- Derivation
- from H7355 (רָחַם);
- KJV renderings
- bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.
- Grammar
- וּֽ — conjunction
- בְ — preposition
- רַחֲמֶ֧י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
- ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 43:14Genesis 43:30Genesis 49:25Deuteronomy 13:18Judges 5:30
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 רַחַם 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.