רחם

Aramaic

Verb

רחם • (transliteration needed)

  1. to love
  2. to be merciful, to be compassionate

Hebrew

Root
ר־ח־ם (r-kh-m)
5 terms

Etymology 1

Compare Arabic رَحِم (raḥim, “womb”), Akkadian rēmum (“womb; mercy”).

Noun

רֶחֶם or רַחַם • (rékhem or rákham) m (plural indefinite רְחָמִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form רָחֶם / רָחַם)

  1. womb, uterus
References

Etymology 2

Compare Arabic رَحِمَ (raḥima, “to have compassion, mercy”).

Verb

רָחַם • (rakhám) (pa'al construction)

  1. (rare) to have compassion
Conjugation
Conjugation of רָחַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לרחום / לִרְחֹם
action noun —
passive participle רָחוּם
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first רָחַמְתִּי רָחַמְנוּ
second רָחַמְתָּ רָחַמְתְּ רְחַמְתֶּם1 רְחַמְתֶּן1
third רָחַם רָחֲמָה רָחֲמוּ
present רוֹחֵם רוֹחֶמֶת רוֹחֲמִים רוֹחֲמוֹת
future first אֶרְחַם נִרְחַם
second תִּרְחַם תִּרְחֲמִי תִּרְחֲמוּ תִּרְחַמְנָה2
third יִרְחַם תִּרְחַם יִרְחֲמוּ תִּרְחַמְנָה2
imperative רְחַם רַחֲמִי רַחֲמוּ רְחַמְנָה2

1 Pronounced רָחַמְתֶּם and רָחַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

H7355 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Verb

רִחֵם • (rikhém) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of ריחם

Verb

רֻחַם • (rukhám) (pi'el construction)

  1. defective spelling of רוחם

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