BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3819
lo ru.cha.mah — No Mercy
A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Hos.1.6; daughter of: Hosea (H1954J) and Gomer (H1586H); sister of: Jezreel (H3157K), Lo-ammi lo am.mi (לֹא עַמִּי "Not My People" H3818)) § Lo-ruhamah = "no mercy" (Pual) symbolic name given by the prophet Hosea to his daughter
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3818
lo am.mi — Not My People
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Hos.1.9; son of: Hosea (H1954J) and Gomer (H1586H); brother of: Jezreel (H3157K), Lo-ruhamah (H3819) § Lo-ammi = "not my people" symbolic name given by the prophet Hosea to his second son by Gomer
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Not my people, a symbolical name given by God’s command to Hosea’s second son in token of Jehovah’s rejection of his people (Hos. 1:9, 10), his treatment of them as a foreign people. This Hebrew word is rendered by “not my people” in ver. 10; 2:23.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
