BDB7862 [H7356 H7358 H7361]

רֶ֫חֶם, רַ֫הַם noun masculine^{Hos 9:14} womb (feminine Jer 20:17, unless הֲרַת a noun, compare Albr^{ZAW xvi.81} SS); — absolute ׳ר Gen 20:18 +, רַ֫חַם Judg 5:30, רָ֑חֶם Jer 20:17 +, רָ֑חַם Gen 49:25 +; construct רֶ֫חֶם Num 12:12; Job 3:11 suffix רַחְמָהּ Gen 29:31 +, רַחְמָהֿ Jer 20:17 (Ges^{«GKC:91e»§ 91e}; >f. absolute Kö^{ii. 1. 159}); dual רַחֲמָתַיִם Judg 5:30 —

1. womb, Gen 49:25 (J) Jer 20:17; Job 24:20 מֵרחם i.e. from birth Jer 20:17; Ps 22:11; Ps 58:4; Job 3:11 (מִנִּי), Isa 46:3, figurative Ps 110:3 בָּרֶחֶם Job 31:15 ׳יצא מֵר go forth from womb in birth Jer 1:5; Jer 20:18; Job 38:8, compare Job 10:18 אֵם ׳מֵר Num 12:12 (E); ׳פתח ר open the womb, in order to childbirth Gen 29:31; Gen 30:22 (JE); כָּלפֶּֿטֶר רחם all that first opens womb (of men and animals) Exod 13:12; Exod 13:15; Exod 34:19 (J) Num 18:15 (P) Ezek 20:26 ׳פטר ר Num 3:12 (P), ׳פִּטְרַת כל ר Num 8:16 ׳פטר כל ר Exod 13:2 (P); on the other hand, מַשִׁכִּיל ׳ר Hos 9:14 miscarrying womb; ׳עֹצֶר ר Prov 30:16 restraint (i.e. barrenness) of womb (so Ps 107:36 Perles^{Anal. 85}); ׳עָצַר בְּעַד ר (of God) Gen 20:18 (E); סָגַר ׳ר (בְּעַד) 1Sam 1:5; 1Sam 1:6, preventing childbirth.

2. womb-man, woman-slave: רַחַם רַחֲמָתַיִם Judg 5:30 a woman, two women.

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