(Qal) to spare, pity, have compassion on
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H2550 — חָמַל
cha.mal · to spare · Hebrew/Aramaic
31 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 2:6 · וַתַּחְמֹ֣לWhen she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the little boy was crying. So she had compassion on him and said, “This is one of the Hebrew children.”Deuteronomy 13:8 · תַחְמֹ֥לyou must not yield to him or listen to him. Show him no pity, and do not spare him or shield him.1 Samuel 15:3 · תַחְמֹ֖לNow go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”1 Samuel 15:9 · וַיַּחְמֹל֩Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.1 Samuel 15:15 · חָמַ֤לSaul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”1 Samuel 23:21 · חֲמַלְתֶּ֖ם“May you be blessed by the LORD,” replied Saul, “for you have had compassion on me.2 Samuel 12:4 · וַיַּחְמֹ֗לNow a traveler came to the rich man, who refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his guest.”2 Samuel 12:6 · חָמָֽל׃Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”2 Samuel 21:7 · וַיַּחְמֹ֣לNow the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.2 Chronicles 36:15 · חָמַ֥לAgain and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place.2 Chronicles 36:17 · חָמַ֛לSo He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,Job 6:10 · יַחְמ֑וֹלIt still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.Job 16:13 · יַחְמ֑וֹלHis archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.Job 20:13 · יַחְמֹ֣לthough he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,Job 27:22 · יַחְמֹ֑לIt hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.Proverbs 6:34 · יַ֝חְמ֗וֹלFor jealousy enrages a husband, and he will show no mercy in the day of vengeance.Isaiah 9:19 · יַחְמֹֽלוּ׃By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.Isaiah 30:14 · יַחְמֹ֑לIt will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”Jeremiah 13:14 · אֶחְמ֧וֹלI will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”Jeremiah 15:5 · יַחְמֹ֤לWho will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Who will mourn for you? Who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?Jeremiah 21:7 · יַחְמֹ֖ל‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’Jeremiah 50:14 · תַּחְמְל֖וּLine up in formation around Babylon, all you who draw the bow! Shoot at her! Spare no arrows! For she has sinned against the LORD.Jeremiah 51:3 · תַּחְמְלוּ֙Do not let the archer bend his bow or put on his armor. Do not spare her young men; devote all her army to destruction!Lamentations 2:2 · חָמַ֗לWithout pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes.Lamentations 2:17 · חָמָ֑לThe LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.Lamentations 2:21 · חָמָֽלְתָּ׃ סBoth young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.Lamentations 3:43 · חָמָֽלְתָּ׃You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.Habakkuk 1:17 · יַחְמֽוֹל׃ סWill he, therefore, empty his net and continue to slay nations without mercy?Zechariah 11:5 · יַחְמ֖וֹלwhose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.Zechariah 11:6 · אֶחְמ֥וֹלFor I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”Malachi 3:17 · וְחָמַלְתִּ֣י · יַחְמֹ֣ל“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.