רחם

Aramaic

רחם • (transliteration needed)

Root
ר־ח־ם (r-ḥ-m)

Compare Arabic رَحِم (raḥim, “womb”), Akkadian rēmum (“womb; mercy”).

רֶחֶם or רַחַם • (rékhem or rákham) m (plural indefinite רְחָמִים, Biblical Hebrew pausal form רָחֶם / רָחַם)

Compare Arabic رَحِمَ (raḥima, “to have compassion, mercy”).

רָחַם • (rakhám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

Conjugation of רָחַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)

finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive: לרחום / לִרְחֹם action noun: — passive participle: רָחוּם
finite forms		m.	f.	m.	f.
past	first	רָחַמְתִּי		רָחַמְנוּ
	second	רָחַמְתָּ	רָחַמְתְּ	רְחַמְתֶּם¹	רְחַמְתֶּן¹
	third	רָחַם	רָחֲמָה	רָחֲמוּ
present		רוֹחֵם	רוֹחֶמֶת	רוֹחֲמִים	רוֹחֲמוֹת
future	first	אֶרְחַם		נִרְחַם
	second	תִּרְחַם	תִּרְחֲמִי	תִּרְחֲמוּ	תִּרְחַמְנָה²
	third	יִרְחַם	תִּרְחַם	יִרְחֲמוּ	תִּרְחַמְנָה²
imperative		רְחַם	רַחֲמִי	רַחֲמוּ	רְחַמְנָה²
notes		Pronounced רָחַמְתֶּם and רָחַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

רִחֵם • (rikhém) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)

רֻחַם • (rukhám) third-singular masculine past (pi'el construction)