רחום

From the root ר־ח־ם, referring to maternal compassion. Cognate with Arabic رَحِيم (raḥīm, “merciful”).

רַחוּם • (rakhúm) [pattern: קַטּוּל]

1. merciful, compassionate
   • Tanach, Exodus 34:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיַּעֲבֹר יהוה עַל־פָּנָיו וַיִּקְרָא יהוה יהוה אֵל רַחוּם וְחַנּוּן אֶרֶךְ אַפַּיִם וְרַב־חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת

     vaya'avór YHVH al-panáv vayikrá YHVH YHVH El rakhúm v'khanún érekh apáyim v'rav-khésed ve'emét

     And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed: ‘The Lord, the Lord, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth

• This adjective is nearly always used to describe God, and thus the feminine and plural forms are very rare.

• רַחֲמִים (rakhamim)
• הָרַחֲמָן (harakhaman)
• רֶחֶם (rekhem)