STRONGS NUMBER H2551


Word Summary
chemlah: compassion, mercy
Original Word: חֶמְלָה
Transliteration: chemlah
Phonetic Spelling: (khem-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: compassion, mercy
Meaning: compassion, mercy
Strong's Concordance
merciful, pity

From chamal; commiseration -- merciful, pity.

see HEBREW chamal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2551. chemlah

[חֶמְלָה‎] noun feminine compassion, mercy, of ׳י‎ (strictly Infinitive form from חמל‎, see Ges§ 45, 1 b) — construct י ׳בְּחֶמְלַת עָלָיוGenesis 19:16 (J), גְאָלָם וּבְחֶמְלָתוֺ בְּאַהֲבָתוֺIsaiah 63:9.

חֻמְלָה‎ see חמלInfinitive above