H2550
חָמַל
to spare
(Qal) to spare, pity, have compassion on
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
חָמַל verb spare (Arabic ; is bear, become responsible; Aramaic comportavit, congessit); —
Qal Perfect ׳ח 1Sam 15:15 + 3 t.; חָמָ֑ל 2Sam 12:6; Lam 2:17 חָמָ֑לְתָּ Lam 2:21; Lam 3:43 וְחָמַלְתִּ֫י Mal 3:17 Imperfect יַחְמֹל Job 16:13 + 6 t.; יַחְמוֺל Job 6:10 + 3 t.; וַיַּחְמֹל 1Sam 15:9 + 3 t.; 3 feminine singular וַתַּחְמֹל Exod 2:6 2 masculine singular תַּחְמֹל Deut 13:9; 1Sam 15:3 אֶחְמֹל Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:10 אֶחְמוֺל Jer 13:14 + 4 t.; וָאֶחְמֹל Ezek 36:21 יַחְמֹ֑לוּ Isa 9:18 תַּחְמְלוּ Jer 50:14; Jer 51:3 תַּחְמֹ֑לוּ Ezek 9:5 Infinitive construct חֻמְלָה Ezek 16:5 (Ges«GKC:45»§ 45, 1. b); — spare, have compassion, with על Exod 2:6 (E), 1Sam 15:3; 1Sam 15:9; 1Sam 15:15; 1Sam 23:21; 2Sam 21:7; 2Chr 36:15; 2Chr 36:17; Jer 15:5; Ezek 16:5; Ezek 36:21; Job 20:13; Zech 11:5; Zech 11:6; Mal 3:17 (twice in verse); Joel 2:18; Deut 13:9 (|| חוס followed by על), Jer 21:7 (|| חוס followed by על + רחם), Ezek 9:10 (|| חוס followed by עלaccording to ᵑ6 ᵑ7 Co); followed by אֶלֿ Jer 51:3; Isa 9:18 note poetic אֶלחֵֿץ ׳אַלתַּֿחְ = spare no arrow Jer 50:14 followed by Infinitive 2Sam 12:4 absolute 2Sam 12:6; Isa 30:14; Lam 2:17; Lam 2:21, also vLam 2:2 where apparently followed by accusative, Lam 3:43; Job 6:10; Job 16:13; Job 27:22; Prov 6:34; Hab 1:17 || חוס Ezek 5:11; Ezek 7:4 (strike out Co as doubl. of vEzek 7:9), Ezek 7:9; Ezek 8:18; Ezek 9:5; Jer 13:14 (|| אחוס and ארחם).
32 occurrences
Exodus (1), I Samuel (4), II Samuel (2), II Chronicles (2), Job (4), Proverbs (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (5), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (6), Joel (1), Zechariah (2), Malachi (1)
- Exodus 2:6
- I Samuel 15:3
- I Samuel 15:9
- I Samuel 15:15
- I Samuel 23:21
- II Samuel 12:4
- II Samuel 21:7
- II Chronicles 36:15
- II Chronicles 36:17
- Job 6:10
- Job 16:13
- Job 20:13
- Job 27:22
- Proverbs 6:34
- Isaiah 30:14
- Jeremiah 13:14
- Jeremiah 15:5
- Jeremiah 21:7
- Jeremiah 50:14
- Jeremiah 51:3
- Lamentations 2:2
- Lamentations 2:17
- Ezekiel 7:4
- Ezekiel 7:9
- Ezekiel 8:18
- Ezekiel 9:10
- Ezekiel 16:5
- Ezekiel 36:21
- Joel 2:18
- Zechariah 11:5
- Zechariah 11:6
- Malachi 3:17