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rḥmn, rḥmnˀ (raḥmān) adj. merciful
√ rḥmyn n.m.pl.t
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merciful
Common Aramaic
Fakh.5↗ ˀlh | rḥmn | zy | tṣlwth | ṭbh : merciful god prayer to whom is good ; TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .91↗ מלך כרחמן אף קלה גבה ה[ו‏ : no matter how merciful a king, his voice is still loud ; PAT320:1.3↗ ˁzyzw ˀlhˀ ṭbˀ wrḥmnˀ ; TgO Deut4:31↗ אֲרֵי אֲלָהָא רַחמָנָא יוי אֲלָהָך‏ ; PTBer 9.c:21[2]↗ כמא דאנא רחמן בשמיא כך תהוון רחמנין בארעא‏ : just as I am merciful in Heaven, so you should be merciful on earth ; JulSok 439(216):27↗ ܐܢܬܬܐ ܓܝܪ ܗܘܬ ܪܚܡܢܝܬܐ‏ ; PJ Lev22:28↗ היכמא דאנא רחמן בשמיא כן תהוון רחמנין בארעא‏ : just as I am merciful in heaven so you be merciful on earth
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רחמנא : the merciful One, i.e., God
Common Aramaic
PAT1430:1.6↗ dy qrw lrḥmnˀ wˁnnwn : who called upon God and He answered them ; Naveh 42.4↗ מן דרחמנה ומן עמלה̇‏ : from the Merciful One and from his own acquisitions ; MSam(1) 44:15↗ מן דרחמנא רעי ביה‏ : one with whom God is pleased ; JSBhom 126:5↗ ܢܚܸܬ ܪܲܚܡܵܢܵܐ ܕܲܢܥܲܕܲܪ ܗ̄ܘܵܐ ܒܓܲܘ ܐܲܓܽܘܢܵܐ‏ : the merciful One descended to help in the midst of the struggle ; BT Ber 63a(33)↗ גנבא על פום דאיגרא רחמנא קרי‏ : on the edge of a roof (even) a thief calls out (in prayer) to the Merciful One ; Anan 37:11↗ ניסי דעבד להון רחמנ׳‏ : the miracles God did for them ; PJ Deut4:31↗ אלקא רחמנא ייי אלקכון‏
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Word of God, Scripture
JBA
BT Šab 27a(9)↗ ליכתוב רחמנא בשרצים וליתו נגעים‏ : let scripture write about creeping things and they will derive leprosy
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For the limited distribution of this otherwise common epithet of God in Syriac see Moberg, Himyarites p. clvi.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1457[724]DJPA: 522aDJBA: 1069bJastrow: 1468Drower/Macuch: 419bJ. Payne-Smith: 437Levy Ch-W: 2:417Tal Sam: 828DNWSI: 1071DCPA[Schulthess]: 398[193]
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