חס

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Aramaic

Pronunciation

Adverb

חס • (transliteration needed)

  1. God forbid

Hebrew

Root
ח־ו־ס (kh-w-s)

Verb

חָס • (khas) (pa'al construction)

  1. (literary) to pity, to have mercy
    • 1919, Hayim Nahman Bialik, Aftermath 1:
      כאפרוח יתום תעיתי בדד מסביב לקִנִּי, אבי ואמי עזבוני ועין לא חסה עלי.
      As a chicken orphan I wandered alone around my nest, my father and mother left me and no eye had mercy on me.
    • a. 500 B.C.E.,
      Tanach, Deuteronomy 19:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וְלֹ֥א תָחֹ֖וס עֵינֶ֑ךָ נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּנֶ֗פֶשׁ עַ֤יִן בְּעַ֙יִן֙ שֵׁ֣ן בְּשֵׁ֔ן יָ֥ד בְּיָ֖ד רֶ֥גֶל בְּרָֽגֶל׃
      And thine eye shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
  2. (literary) to save, to spare, to go easy on

Conjugation

Noun

חַס • (khas) m

  1. compassion, mercy

Derived terms

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