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Lexicon :: Strong's H2550 - ḥāmal

Aa
חָמַל
Transliteration
ḥāmal
Pronunciation
khaw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2550 matches the Hebrew חָמַל (ḥāmal),
which occurs 41 times in 40 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - When she opened H6605 it, she [fn]saw H7200 the child H3206, and behold H2009, the boy H5288 was crying H1058. And she had H2550 pity H2550 on him and said H559, “This H2088 is one H4480 of the Hebrews’ H5680 children H3206.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - you shall not consent H14 to him or listen H8085 to him; and your eye H5869 shall not pity H2347 him, nor H3808 shall you spare H2550 or conceal H3680 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - ‘Now H6258 go H1980 and strike H5221 Amalek H6002 and completely H2763 destroy H2763 everything H3605 that he has, and do not spare H2550 him; but put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 both H4480 man H376 and woman H802, child H5768 and infant H3243, ox H7794 and sheep H7716, camel H1581 and donkey H2543.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:9 - But Saul H7586 and the people H5971 spared H2550 Agag H90 and the best H4315 of the sheep H6629, the oxen H1241, the more H4932 valuable H4932 animals, the lambs H3733, and everything H3605 that was good H2896, and were unwilling H3808 H14 to destroy H2763 them completely H2763; but everything H3605 H4399 despicable H959 and weak H4549, that they completely H2763 destroyed H2763.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - Saul H7586 said H559, “They have brought H935 them from the Amalekites H6003, for the people H5971 spared H2550 the best H4315 of the sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068 your God H430; but the rest H3498 we have completely H2763 destroyed H2763.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 23:21 - Saul H7586 said H559, “May you be blessed H1288 of the LORD H3068, since H3588 you have had H2550 compassion H2550 on me.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 -

“Now a visitor H1982 came H935 to the wealthy H6223 man H376,

And he could H2550 not bring H2550 himself H2550 to take H3947 any animal from his own flock H6629 or his own herd H1241,

To prepare H6213 for the traveler H732 who had come H935 to him;

So he took H3947 the poor H7326 man’s H376 ewe H3535 lamb H3535 and prepared H6213 it for the man H376 who had come H935 to him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - “So he must make H7999 restitution H7999 for the lamb H3535 four H706 times H706 over H706, since H6118 H834 he did H6213 this H2088 thing H1697 and [fn]had H2550 no H3808 compassion H2550.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 -

But the king H4428 spared H2550 Mephibosheth H4648, the son H1121 of Jonathan H3083, the son H1121 of Saul H7586, because H5921 of the oath H7621 of the LORD H3068 which H834 was between H996 them, between H996 David H1732 and Saul’s H7586 son H1121 Jonathan H3083.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 -

Yet the LORD H3068, the God H430 of their fathers H1, sent H7971 word to them again H7925 and again H7971 by His messengers H4397, because H3588 He had H2550 compassion H2550 on His people H5971 and on His dwelling H4583 place H4583;

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - So He brought H5927 up H5927 against H5921 them the king H4428 of the Chaldeans H3778, who killed H2026 their young H970 men H970 with the sword H2719 in the house H1004 of their sanctuary H4720, and had H2550 no H3808 compassion H2550 on young H970 man H970 or virgin H1330, old H2205 man H2205 or frail H3486; He handed H5414 H3027 them all H3605 over H5414 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 -

“But it is still H5750 my comfort H5165,

And I rejoice H5539 in unsparing H3808 H2550 pain H2427,

That I have not [fn]denied H3582 the words H561 of the Holy H6918 One H6918.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 -

“His arrows H7228 surround H5437 me.

He splits H6398 my kidneys H3629 open H6398 without H3808 mercy H2550;

He pours H8210 out H8210 my bile H4845 on the ground H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 -

Though he [fn]desires H2550 it and will not let H5800 it go H5800,

But holds H4513 it in his [fn]mouth H2441,

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 -

“For it will hurl H7993 at him without H3808 mercy H2550;

He will certainly H1272 try to flee H1272 from its [fn]power H3027.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 -

For jealousy H7068 [fn]enrages H2534 a man H1397,

And he will not have H2550 compassion H2550 on the day H3117 of vengeance H5359.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:19 -

By the wrath H5678 of the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 the land H776 is burned H6272,

And the people H5971 are like fuel H3980 for the fire H784;

No H3808 one H376 spares H2550 his brother H251.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 30:14 -

Whose collapse H7665 is like the smashing H7667 of a potter’s H3335 jar H5035,

[fn]So ruthlessly H3808 H2550 shattered H3807

That a shard H2789 will not be found H4672 among its pieces H4386

To [fn]take H2846 fire H784 from a hearth H3344

Or to scoop H2834 water H4325 from a cistern H1360.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - “Then I will smash H5310 them against H413 each H376 other H251, both the fathers H1 and the sons H1121 together H3162,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068. “I will not have H2550 compassion H2550 nor H3808 be H2347 troubled H2347 nor H3808 take H7355 pity H7355 so as to keep H4480 from H4480 destroying H7843 them.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:5 -

“Indeed H3588, who H4310 will have H2550 pity H2550 on you, Jerusalem H3389,

Or who H4310 will mourn H5110 for you,

Or who H4310 will turn H5493 aside H5493 to ask H7592 about your welfare H7965?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:7 - “Then afterward H310 H3651,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068, “I will hand H5414 H3027 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063, his servants H5650, and the people H5971, that is, those who survive H7604 in this H2088 city H5892 from the plague H1698, the sword H2719, and the famine H7458, over H5414 to Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894, to their enemies H340, and to those who seek H1245 their lives H5315; and he will strike H5221 and H5221 kill H5221 them with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719. He will not spare H2347 them nor H3808 have H2550 pity H2550 nor H3808 compassion H7355.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:14 -

“Draw H6186 up H6186 your battle H6186 lines H6186 against H5921 Babylon H894 on every H5439 side H5439,

All H3605 of you who [fn]bend H1869 the bow H7198;

Shoot H3034 at her, do not spare H2550 your arrows H2671,

For she has sinned H2398 against the LORD H3068.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:3 -

“Let not [fn]him who [fn]bends H1869 his bow H7198 [fn]bend H1869 it,

Nor H408 let him rise H5927 up H5927 in his coat H5630 of H5630 armor H5630.

Do not spare H2550 her young H970 men H970;

Devote H2763 all H3605 her army H6635 to H2763 destruction H2763.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:2 -

The Lord H136 has [fn]destroyed H1104; He has not spared H2550

All H3605 the settlements H4999 of Jacob H3290.

In His wrath H5678 He has overthrown H2040

The strongholds H4013 of the daughter H1323 of Judah H3063,

He has hurled H5060 them down H5060 to the ground H776;

He has profaned H2490 the kingdom H4467 and its leaders H8269.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:17 -

The LORD H3068 has done H6213 what H834 He determined H2161;

He has accomplished H1214 His word H565

Which H834 He commanded H6680 from days H3117 of old H6924.

He has torn H2040 down H2040 without H3808 sparing H2550,

And He has helped the enemy H340 to rejoice H8055 over H5921 you;

He has exalted H7311 the [fn]might H7161 of your adversaries H6862.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:21 -

“On the ground H776 in the streets H2351

Lie H7901 young H5288 and old H2205;

My virgins H1330 and my young H970 men H970

Have fallen H5307 by the sword H2719.

You have put H2026 them to H2026 death H2026 on the day H3117 of Your anger H639,

You have slaughtered H2873, without H3808 sparing H2550.

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:43 -

You have covered H5526 Yourself with anger H639

And pursued H7291 us;

You have slain H2026 and have not spared H2550.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 5:11 - ‘Therefore H3651 as I live H2416,’ declares H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3068, ‘Because H3282 you have defiled H2930 My sanctuary H4720 with all H3605 your detestable H8251 idols H8251 and with all H3605 your abominations H8441, I definitely H518 H3808 will also H1571 withdraw H1639 and My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347, and I also H1571 will not spare H2550.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:4 - ‘And My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 on you, nor H3808 will I spare H2550 you, but I will [fn]bring H5414 your ways H1870 upon you, and your abominations H8441 will be among H8432 you; then you will know H3045 that I am the LORD H3068!’
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:9 - ‘My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 nor H3808 will I spare H2550 you. I will [fn]repay H5414 you according to your ways H1870, while your abominations H8441 are in your midst H8432; then you will know H3045 that I, the LORD H3068, am striking H5221.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:18 - “Therefore, I indeed H1571 will deal H6213 in wrath H2534. My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 nor H3808 will I spare H2550; and though they cry H7121 out H7121 in My ears H241 with a loud H1419 voice H6963, yet I will not listen H8085 to them.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:5 - But to the others H428 He said H559 in my [fn]presence H241, “Go H5674 through the city H5892 after H310 him and strike H5221; do not let your eye H5869 have H2347 pity H2347 and do not spare H2550.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:10 - “But as for Me, My eye H5869 will have H2347 no H3808 pity H2347 nor H3808 will I spare H2550, but I will bring H5414 their conduct H1870 upon their heads H7218.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:5 - “No H3808 eye H5869 looked H2347 with H2347 pity H2347 on you to do H6213 any H259 of these H428 things H428 for you, to have H2550 compassion H2550 on you. Rather you were thrown H7993 out H7993 into the [fn]open H6440 field H7704, [fn]for you were abhorred H1604 on the day H3117 you were born H3205.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 36:21 - “But I had H2550 [fn]concern H2550 for My holy H6944 name H8034, which H834 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 had profaned H2490 among the nations H1471 where H834 H8033 they went H935.
Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:18 -

Then the LORD H3068 [fn]will be H7065 zealous H7065 for His land H776,

And [fn]will have H2550 compassion H2550 for His people H5971.

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:17 -

Will they therefore H5921 H3651 empty H7324 their net H2764,

And continually H8548 slay H2026 nations H1471 without H3808 sparing H2550?

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:5 - “Those who H834 buy H7069 them slaughter H2026 them and [fn]go H816 unpunished H3808 H816, and each of those who sell H4376 them says H559, ‘Blessed H1288 be the LORD H3068, for I have become H6238 rich H6238!’ And their own shepherds H7462 have H2550 no H3808 compassion H2550 for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxZec 11:6 - “For I will no H3808 longer H5750 have H2550 compassion H2550 for the inhabitants H3427 of the land H776,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068; “but behold H2009, I will let H4672 the people H120 fall H4672, each H376 into another’s H7453 [fn]power H3027 and into the [fn]power H3027 of his king H4428; and they will crush H3807 the land H776, and I will not rescue H5337 them from their [fn]power H3027.”
Unchecked Copy BoxMal 3:17 - “And they will be Mine,” says H559 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635, “on the day H3117 that I [fn]prepare H6213 My own possession H5459, and I will have H2550 compassion H2550 for them just H834 as H834 a man H376 has H2550 compassion H2550 for his own son H1121 who serves H5647 him.”
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