רַחַם
raḥămîm
womb
Strong's H7356NounHebrewTWOT 2146b

רַחַם (raḥămîm) is a Hebrew noun meaning womb. It appears 45 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7356).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2146b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2146b)compassion; womb, cherishing, maiden; bowels, damsel, tender love, mercy, pity
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רַחֲמִים noun, masculine: compassion

Strong's H7356 רַחַם: compassion (in the plural); by extension, the womb (as cherishing the fetus); by implication, a maiden
KJV:bowels, compassion, damsel, tender love, (great, tender) mercy, pity, womb.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2146: רָחַם rāḥam — love, have compassion; compassionate; be shewn compassion, compassionated; fondle; mercy, merciful, pity, Ruhamah

See it in Scripture

Genesis 43:14Judges 5:302 Samuel 24:14

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