{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2550",
  "lemma": "חָמַל",
  "transliteration": "châmal",
  "definition": "to commiserate; by implication, to spare",
  "kjv": "have compassion, (have) pity, spare.",
  "occurrences": 41,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָמַל vb. spare"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 2:6",
      "text": "She opened it, and saw the child, and behold, the baby cried. She had compassion on him, and said, “This is one of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/2?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 13:9",
      "text": "you shall not consent to him nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/13?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 15:3",
      "text": "Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 15:9",
      "text": "But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 15:15",
      "text": "Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/15?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 23:21",
      "text": "Saul said, “You are blessed by the LORD, for you have had compassion on me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/23?v=21"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:4",
      "text": "A traveler came to the rich man, and he didn’t want to take of his own flock and of his own herd to prepare for the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 12:6",
      "text": "He must restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and because he had no pity!”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/12?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 21:7",
      "text": "But the king spared Mephibosheth the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD’s oath that was between them…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/21?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 9:18",
      "text": "Through the LORD of Hosts’ wrath, the land is burned up; and the people are the fuel for the fire. No one spares his…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/9?v=18"
    }
  ],
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