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Psalms 119:156

“Great are thy tender mercies, O Lord: quicken me according to thy judgments.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

רַחַםracham · rakh'-am
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: רַחֲמֶ֖י — common noun, masculine, plural, construct
ךָ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcmpc/Sp2ms
Usage: Occurs 45 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 43:14 Genesis 43:30 Genesis 49:25 Deuteronomy 13:18 Judges 5:30

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 155 Verse 157

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.