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.

Every place it appears

Strong's H2550. It stands in 40 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

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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