The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

rḥym (rəḥīm) adj. beloved

Easily confused with rḥwm adj. in Jewish texts.

1 beloved Com. SYAP 2:6 : רחימוי קיריס‏ the Lord's beloved ones. TN Deut33:12 : רחימה דייי‏ . AphDem9.187:22 : rḥym ˁl r̈mˀ wˁl mk̈ykˀ . PJ Gen29:31 : לא הוה לאה רחימתא באנפי יעקב‏ Leah was not beloved in Jacob's opinion.

2 loving Palmyrene, Syr. PAT260:1.3 : dḥlˀ ˀlhyˀ wrḥymˀ mdythwn believers in the gods and lovers of their city-state.

For Palm. in active sense, cf. Gk. [φ]ιλοπατρισι; see PAT s.v.
If there is a semantic difference between rḥwm and rḥym, it is not clear.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1455[724]; DJPA: 520b; DJBA: 1068a; Jastrow: 1466; Drower/Macuch: 426b; Payne-Smith: ~3877; J. Payne-Smith: 537; Levy Ch-W: 2:416; DNWSI: 1067;

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Derivatives:

rḥymˀyt (rḥīmāˀīṯ) adv. lovingly

rḥymh, rḥymtˀ (rḥīmā, rḥīmtā) n.f. beloved one (f.)

rḥymw, rḥymwtˀ (rḥīmū, rḥīmūṯā) n.f. love