חָמַל

chamal

kha-MAL

to spare, to have pity

Where it comes from

To hold back a blow you had every right to land. Lot lingers, and the angels take him by the hand — the text says the LORD was merciful to him, and the mercy looks like being dragged.

Genesis 19:16

And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.

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