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view the base lemma | rḥmh, rḥmtˀ
(raḥmā, ra/eḥmat, reḥəmtā/rḥamtā)
n.f.
love |
| Syr.reḥmāˀ̇ reḥmtāˀ ; JLA רַחמָה٠ רַחמתָא |
1
love, friendship
Com.
PAT281:1.4 : dy ˀqym l[h b]wlˀ wdmws lyqrh mn rḥmˀ
which the senate and the people established for him in his honor out of love.
TgJ 2Sam1:26 : מְפָרְשָא רַחמְתָך לִי מֵרַחְמַת תַרתֵין נְשִין
your love is more special to me than the love of two women.
P Je31:3 : rḥmtˀ dˁlmˀ rḥmtky
.
IIPet 1:7 : reḥmaṯ ˀaḥūṯāˀ
brotherly love.
JBABowl 30.1:3 : רזי רחמתא
.
BT BB 16a(25) : דילמ׳ חס ושלום מנשי ליה לרחמתיה דאברהם
perhaps, heaven forbid, He will forget Abraham’s love.
AM 168:14 : ṭabuta urhamta minẖ maškia
may they find goodness and love from him.
(a)
ברחמה : as a gift
OfAEg.
(b)
passion (for an endeavor)
Syr.
PagPhil.216.6 : ˀplˀ lkwn rḥmtˀ dˀyk hdˀ ˀḥdt hwt
a passion like this would not even have overcome you.
(c)
sexual
Syr, LJLA.
P Prov7:18 : tˀ ntbsm brḥmtˀ ˁdmˀ lṣprˀ
.
TgProv7:18 : הא נתבשם ברחמתא עד צפרא
come let us enjoy love until the morning †.
2
in collocations, generally as calques on Greek terms
(a)
reḥmat ˀksnyˀ : hospitality
Syr.
PhiloxPa 50:3 : ˀbrhm dbh bhnˀ pwlḥnˀ drḥmt ˀks̈nyˀ ˁṅˀ hwˀ
Abraham who was engaged in this very service of hospitality.
(b)
reḥmat ˀ̃nāšwtāˀ,
Syr.
1Esdras(3 Ezra) 8:10 : whlyn r̈ḥmt ˀnš̈ˀ ˀnˀ kd dnt
I having decided on these human benevolences [LXX: καὶ τὰ φιλάνθρωπα ἐγὼ κρίνα].
(c)
reḥmat dhbˀ/kspˀ : avarice
Syr.
PhiloxPa 42:15-16
.
JSmem 3:171 : lmnˀ ˀšlmt npšk ˁbdˀ lrḥmt kspˀ
why have you turned yourself into a slave of avarice?.
(d)
reḥmat krsˀ : love of food, gluttony
Syr.
Philox 353:11 : ḥšˀ hnˀ ndydˀ drḥmt krsˀ
this filthy affliction of gluttony.
(e)
reḥmat ˁmlˀ : love of labor
Syr.
TB 1:2.24 : brḥmt ˁmlˀ dḥšḥ rwšˁˀ dlwqbl ˀlhˀ ˀtprsw
with love of the necessary work they contrived evil against God.
(f)
reḥmat ˁdlˀyt : love of finding fault
Syr.
SAL1 25:17
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