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Lexicon :: Strong's H2550 - ḥāmal

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חָמַל
Transliteration
ḥāmal
Pronunciation
khaw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: TWOT- 676

Strong’s Definitions

חָמַל châmal, khaw-mal'; a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare:—have compassion, (have) pity, spare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x

The KJV translates Strong's H2550 in the following manner: pity (18x), spare (18x), have compassion (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 41x
The KJV translates Strong's H2550 in the following manner: pity (18x), spare (18x), have compassion (5x).

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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָמַל châmal, khaw-mal'; a primitive root; to commiserate; by implication, to spare:—have compassion, (have) pity, spare.
STRONGS H2550: Abbreviations
† חָמַל verb spare (Arabic حَمَلَ; is bear, become responsible; Aramaic Lfmo comportavit, congessit); —
Qal Perfect ח׳ 1 Samuel 15:15 + 3 times; חָמָ֑ל 2 Samuel 12:6; Lamentations 2:17; חָמָ֑לְתָּ Lamentations 2:21; Lamentations 3:43; וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י Malachi 3:17; Imperfect יַחְמֹל Job 16:13 + 6 times; יַחְמוֺל Job 6:10 + 3 times; וַיַּחְמֹל 1 Samuel 15:9 + 3 times; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּחְמֹל Exodus 2:6; 2nd person masculine singular תַּחְמֹל Deuteronomy 13:9; 1 Samuel 15:3; אֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:10; אֶחְמוֺל Jeremiah 13:14 + 4 times; וָאֶחְמֹל Ezekiel 36:21; יַחְמֹ֑לוּ Isaiah 9:18; תַּחְמְלוּ Jeremiah 50:14; Jeremiah 51:3; תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ Ezekiel 9:5; Infinitive construct חֻמְלָה Ezekiel 16:5 (Ges§ 45, 1. b); — spare, have compassion, with על Exodus 2:6 (E), 1 Samuel 15:3, 9, 15; 1 Samuel 23:21; 2 Samuel 21:7; 2 Chronicles 36:15, 17; Jeremiah 15:5; Ezekiel 16:5; Ezekiel 36:21; Job 20:13; Zechariah 11:5, 6; Malachi 3:17 (twice in verse); Joel 2:18; Deuteronomy 13:9 (|| חוס followed by על), Jeremiah 21:7 (|| חוס followed by על + רחם), Ezekiel 9:10 (|| חוס followed by על according to Syriac Version Targum Co); followed by אֶלֿ Jeremiah 51:3; Isaiah 9:18; note poetic אֶלחֵֿץ אַלתַּֿחְ׳＝spare no arrow Jeremiah 50:14; followed by Infinitive 2 Samuel 12:4; absolute 2 Samuel 12:6; Isaiah 30:14; Lamentations 2:17, 21, also Lamentations 2:2 where apparently followed by accusative, Lamentations 3:43; Job 6:10; Job 16:13; Job 27:22; Proverbs 6:34; Habakkuk 1:17; || חוס Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 7:4 (strike out Co as doubl. of Ezekiel 7:9), Ezekiel 7:9; Ezekiel 8:18; Ezekiel 9:5; Jeremiah 13:14 (|| אחוס and ארחם).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

2:6; 2:6

Deuteronomy

13:9; 13:9

1 Samuel

15:3; 15:3; 15:9; 15:9; 15:15; 15:15; 23:21

2 Samuel

12:4; 12:6; 12:6; 21:7

2 Chronicles

36:15; 36:17

Job

6:10; 6:10; 16:13; 16:13; 20:13; 27:22

Proverbs

6:34

Isaiah

9:18; 9:18; 30:14

Jeremiah

13:14; 13:14; 15:5; 21:7; 50:14; 50:14; 51:3; 51:3

Lamentations

2:2; 2:17; 2:17; 2:21; 2:21; 3:43; 3:43

Ezekiel

5:11; 7:4; 7:9; 7:9; 8:18; 8:18; 9:5; 9:5; 9:10; 9:10; 16:5; 16:5; 36:21; 36:21

Joel

2:18

Habakkuk

1:17

Zechariah

11:5; 11:6

Malachi

3:17; 3:17

H2550

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Strong's Number H2550 matches the Hebrew חָמַל (ḥāmal),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - When she opened it, she [fn]saw the child, and behold, the [fn]boy was crying. And she had H2550 pity H2550 on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrews’ children.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare H2550 or conceal him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare H2550 him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul and the people spared H2550 Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared H2550 the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - Saul said, “May you be blessed of the LORD, for you have had H2550 compassion H2550 on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - “Now a traveler came to the rich man,
And he [fn]was unwilling H2550 to take from his own flock or his own herd,
To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him;
Rather he took the poor man’s ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - “He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had H2550 no compassion.” H2550

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared H2550 Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Saul’s son Jonathan.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had H2550 compassion H2550 on His people and on His dwelling place;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had H2550 no compassion H2550 on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - “But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing H2550 pain,
That I have not [fn]denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - “His arrows surround me.
Without mercy H2550 He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - Though he [fn]desires H2550 it and will not let it go,
But holds it in his [fn]mouth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - “For it will hurl at him without sparing; H2550
He will surely try to flee from its [fn]power.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For jealousy [fn]enrages a man,
And he will not spare H2550 in the day of vengeance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - By the fury of the LORD of hosts the land is burned up,
And the people are like fuel for the fire;
No man spares H2550 his brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter’s jar,
[fn]So ruthlessly H2550 shattered
That a sherd will not be found among its pieces
To [fn]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “I will dash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together,” declares the LORD. “I will not show H2550 pity H2550 nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - “Indeed, who will have H2550 pity H2550 on you, O Jerusalem,
Or who will mourn for you,
Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterwards,” declares the LORD, “I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them nor have H2550 pity H2550 nor compassion.”’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - “Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side,
All you who [fn]bend the bow;
Shoot at her, do not be sparing H2550 with your arrows,
For she has sinned against the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - “[fn]Let not [fn]him who [fn]bends his bow [fn]bend it,
[fn]Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor;
So do not spare H2550 her young men;
Devote all her army to destruction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared H2550
All the habitations of Jacob.
In His wrath He has thrown down
The strongholds of the daughter of Judah;
He has brought them down to the ground;
He has profaned the kingdom and its princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - The LORD has done what He purposed;
He has accomplished His word
Which He commanded from days of old.
He has thrown down without sparing, H2550
And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you;
He has exalted the [fn]might of your adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - On the ground in the streets
Lie young and old;
My virgins and my young men
Have fallen by the sword.
You have slain them in the day of Your anger,
You have slaughtered, not sparing. H2550

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - You have covered Yourself with anger
And pursued us;
You have slain and have not spared. H2550

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘So as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare. H2550

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - ‘For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare H2550 you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - ‘My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. H2550 I will [fn]repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - “Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; H2550 and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - But to the others He said in my hearing, “Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. H2550

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - “But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, H2550 but I will bring their conduct upon their heads.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - “No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have H2550 compassion H2550 on you. Rather you were thrown out into the [fn]open field, [fn]for you were abhorred on the day you were born.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - “But I had [fn]concern H2550 for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - Then the LORD [fn]will be zealous for His land
And [fn]will have H2550 pity H2550 on His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Will they therefore empty their net
And continually slay nations without sparing? H2550

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - “Those who buy them slay them and [fn]go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich!’ And their own shepherds have H2550 no pity H2550 on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - “For I will no longer have H2550 pity H2550 on the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD; “but behold, I will cause the men to [fn]fall, each into another’s [fn]power and into the [fn]power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their [fn]power.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of hosts, “on the day that I [fn]prepare My [fn]own possession, and I will [fn]spare H2550 them as a man [fn]spares H2550 his own son who serves him.”
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