Lexical Definition

‎חָמַל‎ châmal (khaw-mal') to spare ^H:V
a primitive root

have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

• to commiserate
• by implication, to spare

1) (Qal) to spare, pity, have compassion on

See Greek: αἱρετίζω · ἐλεέω · ἐπιποθέω · περιποιέομαι · φείδομαι · φείδομαι

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָמַל‎ verb spare (Arabic ; is bear, become responsible; Aramaic comportavit, congessit); —

Qal Perfect ‎׳‎‎ח‎ 1Sam 15:15 + 3 t.; ‎חָמָ֑ל‎ 2Sam 12:6; Lam 2:17 ‎חָמָ֑לְתָּ‎ Lam 2:21; Lam 3:43 ‎וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י‎ Mal 3:17 Imperfect ‎יַחְמֹל‎ Job 16:13 + 6 t.; ‎יַחְמוֺל‎ Job 6:10 + 3 t.; ‎וַיַּחְמֹל‎ 1Sam 15:9 + 3 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎וַתַּחְמֹל‎ Exod 2:6 2 masculine singular ‎תַּחְמֹל‎ Deut 13:9*; 1Sam 15:3 ‎אֶחְמֹל‎ Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:10 ‎אֶחְמוֺל‎ Jer 13:14 + 4 t.; ‎וָאֶחְמֹל‎ Ezek 36:21 ‎יַחְמֹ֑לוּ‎ Isa 9:18* ‎תַּחְמְלוּ‎ Jer 50:14; Jer 51:3 ‎תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ‎ Ezek 9:5 Infinitive construct ‎חֻמְלָה‎ Ezek 16:5 (Ges^{«GKC:45»§ 45}, 1. b); — spare, have compassion, with ‎על‎ Exod 2:6 (E), 1Sam 15:3; 1Sam 15:9; 1Sam 15:15; 1Sam 23:21; 2Sam 21:7; 2Chr 36:15; 2Chr 36:17; Jer 15:5; Ezek 16:5; Ezek 36:21; Job 20:13; Zech 11:5; Zech 11:6; Mal 3:17 (twice in verse); Joel 2:18; Deut 13:9* (|| ‎חוס‎ followed by ‎על‎), Jer 21:7 (|| ‎חוס‎ followed by ‎על‎ + ‎רחם‎), Ezek 9:10 (|| ‎חוס‎ followed by ‎על‎according to ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Co); followed by ‎אֶלֿ‎ Jer 51:3; Isa 9:18* note poetic ‎אֶלחֵֿץ‎ ‎׳‎‎אַלתַּֿחְ‎ = spare no arrow Jer 50:14 followed by Infinitive 2Sam 12:4 absolute 2Sam 12:6; Isa 30:14; Lam 2:17; Lam 2:21, also vLam 2:2 where apparently followed by accusative, Lam 3:43; Job 6:10; Job 16:13; Job 27:22; Prov 6:34; Hab 1:17 || ‎חוס‎ Ezek 5:11; Ezek 7:4 (strike out Co as doubl. of vEzek 7:9), Ezek 7:9; Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:5; Jer 13:14 (|| ‎אחוס‎ and ‎ארחם‎).

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