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Hebrew wordlink #331969

OSHB Lam 2:2 חָמַל (ḩāmal) Strongs=2550 Lemma=‘חָמַל’
contextual word gloss=‘he_has_spared’ word gloss=‘mercy’
Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular
Year=-588

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Other uses (3) of identical word form חָמַל (Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘חָמַל’ (Morphology=Vqp3ms PoS=qal_verb Type=perfect_(qatal) Person=third Gender=masculine Number=singular) has 3 different glosses: ‘he_had_compassion’, ‘he_has_spared’, ‘it_had_compassion’.

1 SAM 15:15 contextual word gloss=‘it_had_compassion’ word gloss=‘spared’ OSHB 1 SAM 15:15 word 6

OET-LV: 15 And_ Shāʼūl _he/it _said from_the_ˊAmālēqite[s] people_brought _them that it _had _compassion the_people on the _best _of the _sheep and_the_cattle so _as to _sacrifice_them to/for_YHWH god _of_your and_DOM the_rest we _totally _destroyed. (SA1_15:15)

OET-RV: 15 “Ah, the warriors took them from the Amalekites,” Sha’ul answered. “They wanted to save the best of the sheep and the cattle in order to sacrifice to your god Yahweh. But we completely destroyed the rest.” (SA1 15:15)

2 CHR 36:15 contextual word gloss=‘he_had_compassion’ word gloss=‘had_compassion’ OSHB 2 CHR 36:15 word 11

OET-LV: 15 And_ YHWH _he _sent the _god _of their _ancestors _of_of to_them by_the _hand _of his _messengers _of_of rising _early and_sending if/because he _had _compassion on people _of_his and_on place _of_his _dwelling. (CH2_36:15)

OET-RV: 15 So Yahweh, the god of their ancestors, sent many messages via his prophets because he felt compassion on his people, and on his residence, (CH2 36:15)

2 CHR 36:17 contextual word gloss=‘he_had_compassion’ word gloss=‘had_~_compassion’ OSHB 2 CHR 36:17 word 12

OET-LV: 17 And_he/it _ascended on_them DOM the _king _of the_ones_from _Kasdiy and_he _killed men _of_their _young with_sword in_house _of their _sanctuary _of_of and_not he _had _compassion on young _man and_young _woman the_old and_the_decrepit (the)_everyone he _gave in_his/its_hand. (CH2_36:17)

OET-RV: 17 So Yahweh sent the Chaldean king against them, and they ran their young men through with the sword, even in the temple, and they didn’t spare any of the young men or women, or even those who were older or elderly—God allowed Nebuchadnezzar to thoroughly defeat them. (CH2 36:17)