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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).
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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 - and openeth, and seeth him -- the lad, and lo, a child weeping! and she hath pity on him, and saith, 'This is one of the Hebrews' children.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - thou dost not consent to him, nor hearken unto him, nor doth thine eye have pity on him, nor dost thou spare, nor dost thou cover him over.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - and Saul hath pity -- also the people -- on Agag, and on the best of the flock, and of the herd, and of the seconds, and on the lambs, and on all that is good, and have not been willing to devote them; and all the work, despised and wasted -- it they devoted.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul saith, 'From Amalek they have brought them, because the people had pity on the best of the flock, and of the herd, in order to sacrifice to Jehovah thy God, and the remnant we have devoted.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - And Saul saith, 'Blessed are ye of Jehovah, for ye have pity on me;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And there cometh a traveller to the rich man, And he spareth to take Of his own flock, and of his own herd, To prepare for the traveller Who hath come to him, And he taketh the ewe-lamb of the poor man, And prepareth it for the man Who hath come unto him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - and the ewe-lamb he doth repay fourfold, because that he hath done this thing, and because that he had no pity.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - and the king hath pity on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, son of Saul, because of the oath of Jehovah that is between them, between David and Jonathan son of Saul;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - And Jehovah, God of their fathers, sendeth unto them by the hand of His messengers -- rising early and sending -- for He hath had pity on His people, and on His habitation,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - And He causeth to go up against them the king of the Chaldeans, and he slayeth their chosen ones by the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and hath had no pity on young man and virgin, old man and very aged -- the whole He hath given into his hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - And yet it is my comfort, (And I exult in pain -- He doth not spare,) That I have not hidden The sayings of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For jealousy is the fury of a man, And he doth not spare in a day of vengeance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 - In the wrath of Jehovah of Hosts Hath the land been consumed, And the people is as fuel of fire; A man on his brother hath no pity,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 - And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down -- He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - And have dashed them one against another, And the fathers and the sons together, An affirmation of Jehovah, I do not pity, nor spare, nor have I mercy, So as not to destroy them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 - For who hath pity on thee, O Jerusalem? And who doth bemoan for thee? And who turneth aside to ask of thy welfare?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - And after this -- an affirmation of Jehovah, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he hath smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He hath no pity on them, Nor doth he spare, nor hath he mercy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 - Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye treading a bow, Shoot at her, have no pity on the arrow, For against Jehovah she hath sinned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 - Let not the treader tread his bow, Nor lift himself up in his coat of mail, Nor have ye pity on her young men, Devote ye to destruction all her host.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 - Swallowed up hath the Lord, He hath not pitied any of the pleasant places of Jacob, He hath broken down in His wrath The fortresses of the daughter of Judah, He hath caused to come to the earth, He polluted the kingdom and its princes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 - Jehovah hath done that which He devised, He hath fulfilled His saying That He commanded from the days of old, He hath broken down and hath not pitied, And causeth an enemy to rejoice over thee, He lifted up the horn of thine adversaries.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 - Lain on the earth in out-places have young and old, My virgins and my young men have fallen by the sword, Thou hast slain in a day of Thine anger, Thou hast slaughtered -- Thou hast not pitied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:43

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 - Thou hast covered Thyself with anger, And dost pursue us; Thou hast slain -- Thou hast not pitied.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - Therefore, I live -- an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah: Because My sanctuary thou hast defiled, With all thy detestable things, And with all thine abominations, Mine eye pitieth not, and I also spare not. Do not even I also diminish?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - And no pity on thee hath Mine eye, nor do I spare, For thy ways against thee I do set, And thine abominations are in thy midst, And ye have known that I am Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - And not pity doth Mine eye, nor do I spare, According to thy ways unto thee I give, And thine abominations are in thy midst, And ye have known that I am Jehovah the smiter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - And I also deal in fury, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare, and they have cried in Mine ears -- a loud voice -- and I do not hear them.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - And to the others he said in mine ears, 'Pass on into the city after him, and smite; your eye doth not pity, nor do ye spare;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - And I also, Mine eye doth not pity, nor do I spare; their way on their own head I have put.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - No eye hath had pity on thee, to do to thee any of these, To have compassion on thee, And thou art cast on the face of the field, With loathing of thy person. In the day thou hast been born -- thou!

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - And I have pity on My holy name, That the house of Israel have polluted among nations whither they have gone in.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 - And let Jehovah be zealous for His land, And have pity on His people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 - Doth he therefore empty his net, And continually to slay nations spare not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - Whose buyers slay them, and are not guilty, And their sellers say, Blessed is Jehovah, And I am rich, And their shepherds have no pity on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - For I have pity no more on inhabitants of the land, An affirmation of Jehovah, And lo, I am causing man to come forth, Each into the hand of his neighbour, And into the hand of his king, And they have beaten down the land, And I do not deliver out of their hand.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - And they have been to Me, said Jehovah of Hosts, In the day that I am appointing -- a peculiar treasure, And I have had pity on them, As one hath pity on his son who is serving him.
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