Brown-Driver-Briggs
II.
רָחֵל47 proper name, feminine (
ewe, RS
K 219); —
Rachel,
Ραχηλ, daughter of Laban and wife of Jacob:
Genesis 29:6,9,10,11,28,29,30 36t. Genesis (J E 37 t., P 6 t.), +
׳קְבֻרַת(ֿׅ Genesis 35:20 (JE),
1 Samuel 10:2. (compare
אֶפְרָתָה 1; on site see DrHast. DB RACHEL); ׳ר (in figurative) Jeremiah 31:15; ׳ר Ruth 4:11 (in simile).
I. רחם (√ of following; original meaning dubious; Thes be soft, so Gerber126, compare Arabic
be soft, Gentle (but
original consonant?); DlHWB 604 b be wide; compare Assyrian rîmu, rêmu, Arabic
, Late Hebrew רֶחֶם, Aramaic רַחֲמָא,
, all womb; MI17 רחמת female captives; verbs (connection with רֶחֶם not wholly clear, compare NöZMG xi (1886), 151 f., see רַחֲמִים): Assyrian râmu, love, compassionate, Arabic
have compassion, also
be inclined toward, affectionate to ( =
according to Arabic authorities, see Lane); Sabean epithet dei רחמנן Compassionate ( = Arabic
), CISiv. no. 6. 3 FellZMG liv (1900), 252 who compare epithet רחֿם id.; compare Late Hebrew רָחַם Pi`el; Thes compare Ethiopic
(transposed) have compassion, but see PrätBAS i. 21 and references; Aramaic רְחֵם,
, Palmyrene רחם, all love (common); Nabataean, Palmyrene רחם friend).