Lexical Definition

‎חוּס‎ chûwç (khoos) to pity ^H:V
a primitive root

pity, regard, spare.

• properly, to cover, i.e. (figuratively) to compassionate

1) (Qal) to pity, have compassion, spare, look upon with compassion

See Greek: φείδομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎חוּס‎] verb pity, look upon with compassion (Aramaic , ‎חוּס‎ pity, spare; Assyrian —û s, in proper names compare Dl^{Pr 181}) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎חָסָה‎ Ezek 16:5, 2 masculine singular ‎חַ֫סְתָּ‎ Jonah 4:10 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יָחוּס‎ Jer 21:7 ‎יָחֹס‎ Ps 72:13 3 feminine singular ‎תָּחוּס‎ Isa 13:18 ‎תָּהוֺס‎ Deut 7:16 + 9 t.(Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} R 4 Bö^{§ 1133}(2)); ‎תָּחֹס‎ Gen 45:20; Ezek 9:5 ‎וַתָּ֫חָס‎ 1Sam 24:11*; Ezek 20:17 1 singular ‎אָחוּס‎ Jer 13:14 + 2 t.; Imperative ‎חוּ֫סָה‎ Joel 2:17; Neh 13:22: —
a. of the eye, ‎עין‎, ‎(לא) תח(ו)ס על‎ the eye shall (not) look with compassion, pity, upon Deut 7:16; Deut 13:9*; Deut 19:13; Deut 20:17 ‎לא חסה עָלַיִךְ עין‎ Ezek 16:5 ‎עֵינְכֶם אַלתָּֿחֹס‎ ‎עַלכְּֿלֵיכֶם‎Gen 45:20 (R^JE) let not your eye look with regret upon your stuff; with ellipsis of ‎עַיִן‎ 1Sam 24:11* (but read ‎וָאָחֻס‎, for ‎וַתָּחָס‎ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 ᵑ7 We Klo Dr); with ellipsis of ‎על‎ Deut 19:21; Deut 25:12; Ezek 5:11; Ezek 7:9; Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:10 ‎(אל) ע֯ל תחס עיני֯כם‎ Ezek 9:5
b. of God ‎חוסה על‎ Neh 13:22; Joel 2:17 ‎לא אחוס על נינוה‎ Jonah 4:11 ellipsis of ‎עַל‎ Jer 13:14; Ezek 24:14.
c. of man: the Messianic king ‎עלדַּֿל וְאֶבְיוֺן‎ Ps 72:13 he shall have pity on poor and needy, Nebuchadrezzar ‎עליהם‎ (i.e. on Zedekiah and the people) Jer 21:7 Jonah, ‎על הקיקיון‎ Jonah 4:10. — See also ‎חמל‎.

‎חוֺף‎see below II. ‎חפף‎.

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