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1  to love  Com. Sf.3 a8 : wkl mlkyˀ zy sḥrty ˀw kl zy rḥm hˀ ly  all the kings around me or everyone who loves me. TAD D.1 2..13 : אנ֗ה֗ אשכב עמה רחם אנה להי שגיא‏  I shall lie with her; I love her greatly. 4QTob b4.3.1=06:18 : שׂ]ג֗יא רחמה ולבה֗ <דבק> בה‏  he loved her intensely and his heart was stuck on her. P Ho3:1 : rḥm ˀnttˀ . BT Ket 105b(17) : לא למאן דרחים ליה ולא למאן ד֗ס֗אני ליה‏  (a person should not sit in judgment) neither for one whom he loves or for one whom he hates. PJ Gen37:3 : וישראל רחים ית יוסף מכל בנוי‏ . (a) to like something  Com. PTTer 45.c:50[2] : חד<א>#01# איתא הוות רחמא מצוותא‏  a certain woman liked (doing) charitable acts. P Gn27:9 : wˀˁbd ˀnwn bwšlˀ lˀbwk ˀyk drḥ̇m . PJ Gen27:14 : ועבדת אימיה תבשילין היכמא דרחים אבוי‏  his mother made a stew as his father liked it. (a.1)  to desire, want  JSBhom 61:263 : rādep h̃wiyṯ lāk ˁal darḥemtāk  I pursued You because I wanted You. PJ Gen34:3 : ורחים ית ריבא ומליל פייוסין על ליבה דריבה‏  he desired the girl and spoke persuasive things to the girl's heart. (a.2)  to prefer  Com. P Gn25:28 . PJ Gen22:2 : דבר כדון ית ברך ית יחידך דאת רחים ית יצחק‏ . PJ Gen25:28 : ורחים יצחק ית עשו ٠٠٠ ורבקה רחימת ית יעקב‏ .

2  to have pity on  Qumran, Syr. P 1K(1)8:50 : wnrḥmwn ˀnwn . P Je42:12 : ˀrḥm̱kwn .

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1  w. ˁl : to have mercy upon  JLAtg, Gal, PTA, Sam, Syr, JBA, LJLA. TgO Num6:25 : יַנהַר יוי שְכִינְתֵיה לְוָתָך וִירַחֵים עְלָך‏  [MT: וִיחֻנֶּךָּ]. SYAP 67:5 : ממעי דאימיה רחים יתיה‏ . TN Deut13:18marg. : דישווה עליכון רחמין וירחם יתכון‏ . P Dt7:2 : lˀ trḥmwn ˁlyhwn . Phil2:27 : ˀalāhāˀ raḥem ˁlawẖy . BT Mak 23b(43) : שלמה נמי מדהא קא מרחמא והא לא קא מרחמא‏  Solomon also (determined which one was the true mother), since this one was compassionate, and that one was not compassionate. PJ Ex23:3 : ומסכינא דאתחייב בדיניה לא תיסב ליה אפין למרחמא עלוי‏  the poor man who has been found guilty in his case, do not show favoritism to him in order to be merciful to him. (a) adj. mrḥmn : cf. s.v.  Syr.

2  to love  JBAmb, JBA, Man, LJLA. BT Ber 55b(19) : ויתיב באפי תלתא דרחמו ליה‏ . TgQoh3:8 : עידן בחיר לרחומי חד לחבריה ועידן בחיר למסני לגבר חייבא‏ . (a) to suckle (a young animal)  JBA. BT Bek 24a(17) : הא {א}^ה^יכא דאוליד חיישינ׳ לרחומי או דיל׳ דידה מרחמא דלא דידה לא מרחמא‏  where it had (previously) given birth, we suspect that (the animal) will give suck (to another’s child). Or perhaps it will give suck to its own, but it will not give suck to one that is not its own.

3  to show preference for  JLAtg. TgO Ex23:3 : וְעַל מִסכֵינָא לָא תְרַחֵים בִדִינֵיה‏ .

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1  to have pity  Syr.

2  to make to love, befriend  Syr. Sirach 4:7 : ˀrḥm npšk lknwštˀ  make yourself loved by the community.

3  to make beloved  Syr. ChrPsD1 145:7 : hdˀ sgy ˀrḥmt ˀnwn lkr̈sṭynˀ bˁÿnˀ ḥn̈pˀ  this made the Christians very beloved in the pagans' eyes.

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1  to be loved  Syr, LJLA. P Ho1:8 : ldlˀ ˀtrḥmt . P Jn14:21 : haw deyn drāḥem liẏ netrḥem men ˀāby  and he who loves me will be loved by my Father. TgProv15:9 : ודרדיף צדקתא מתרחם‏ . (a) to become befriended  Syr, Man. Ps-Clem Recogs 1.6:10 : ˀlˀ l​mṣryn ˀzl wlnb̈yˀ ẅlydˁy ˀr̈zˀ dmˁr̈ˀ ks̈ytˀ dtmn ˀtrḥm  rather that I should go to Egypt and befriend the prophets and those from there who know the secrets of the hidden caves.

2  to obtain mercy  Syr. AphDem1.18:8 : wˀysḥq bdhym̱n ˀtrḥm .

3  to be moderated  Syr. Judchrdoc 110:21 .

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1  w. ˁl : to show mercy to  JLAtg, Gal, CPA, Sam, Syr, LJLA. TgJ Jonah1:6 : מָא אִם יִתרַחַם מִן קְֹדָם יוי עֲלַנָא וְלָא נֵיבַד‏  perhaps the Lord will have mercy on us and we not be lost. SYAP 25:5 : תבעין רחמין מאבוהון דיתרחם על בניהון‏  they pray to their Father that He have mercy upon their children. P Mt14:14 : weˀṯraḥam ˁlayhūn . PJ Gen43:29 : מן קדם ייי יתרחם עלך ברי‏ .

2  to pray (for mercy)  Man. (a) to receive mercy  Sam.

3  mn : to be made closely acquainted with  Syr. IsNin5 61:3 : ˀynˀ dlˀ metraḥam mn ˁll̈tˀ dḥṭytˀ bṣbynh ̇̇̇ ḥmrˀ wˀnttˀ  one who has not become closely acquainted with the causes of sinning in his desire ...: wine and woman.

  
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1455[723]; DJPA: 521a; DJBA: 1068b; Jastrow: 1467; Drower/Macuch: 426b; Payne-Smith: ~3877; J. Payne-Smith: 537b; Levy Ch-W: 2:416; Tal Sam: 827; DNWSI: 1068; DCPA[Schulthess]: 396[192]; DJA: 79b; Cook,Qumran: 221;

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Derivatives:

ˀtrḥmw, ˀtrḥmwtˀ n.f.   mercy

mrḥm, mrḥmˀ n.m.   friend

mrḥmn (mraḥḥəmān, mraḥḥəmānā) nom.ag.D   merciful

mrḥmnw, mrḥmnwtˀ (mraḥḥəmānū, mraḥḥəmānmraḥmānūṯā) n.f.   mercy; charity

mrḥmnˀyt adv.   mercifully

rwḥm, rwḥmˀ (ruḥḥām, ruḥḥāmā) v.n.D   mercy

rḥwm, rḥwmˀ (rḥūm, rḥūmā) adj.   beloved

rḥwmw, rḥwmwtˀ (rāḥōmū, rāḥōmūṯā) n.f.   love

rḥwmtn (raḥḥūmtān) adj.   merciful

rḥwmtny (raḥḥūmtānāy) adj.   merciful

rḥwmtnˀyt (raḥḥūmtānāˀīṯ) adv.   mercifully

rḥwm (rāḥōm) nom.ag.   merciful one

rḥwmˀyt (rāḥōmāˀīṯ) adv.   lovingly

rḥym (rəḥīm) adj.   beloved

rḥymˀyt (rḥīmāˀīṯ) adv.   lovingly

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

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

rḥym (raḥḥīm) adj.   lovable

rḥymh, rḥymtˀ (rəḥīmā, rəḥīmtā) n.f.   love

rḥm, rḥmˀ (rāḥem, rāḥmā) n.m.   friend

ˀrḥmy adj.   friendly

rḥmh, rḥmtˀ (rāḥmā, rāḥemṯā) n.f.   friend, beloved (f.)

rḥmw, rḥmwtˀ (rāḥmū, rāḥmūṯā) n.f.   love

rḥm div.   Rahmu

rḥmh, rḥmtˀ (raḥmā, ra/eḥmat, reḥəmtā/rḥamtā) n.f.   love

rḥmt adv.   as a gift

rḥmtˀnšˀyt adv.   benevolently