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Psalms 103:13
“Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
רָחַםrâcham · raw-kham'
H7355 · Hebrew
H7355 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- have compassion (on, upon), love, (find, have, obtain, shew) mercy(-iful, on, upon), (have) pity, Ruhamah, [idiom] surely.
- Grammar
- כְּ — preposition
- רַחֵ֣ם — verb Piel, infinitive construct
- Usage
- Occurs 47 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 33:19Exodus 33:19Deuteronomy 13:18Deuteronomy 30:31 Kings 8:50
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 רָחַם 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.