merciful
part of speech
adjective (merciful, more merciful, most merciful); adverb mercifully
meaning for a pupil
1) Showing mercy: kind and forgiving to someone you could punish or harm. tree →
2) (church, Bible) Christians believe God is merciful, forgiving people who are sorry; Muslims call God «the Most Merciful». tree →
3) Bringing relief from something bad: «a merciful release», «mercifully short». tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: Merciful is one of the Thirteen Attributes of God from Exodus 34:6. Jews recite them in prayers of forgiveness, especially on Yom Kippur. In the primary lessons: In religion lessons «Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy» is a Beatitude; the Islamic phrase «In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful» begins most chapters of the Qur'an. In stories a merciful king spares his enemy. Phrases: «merciful God», «a merciful act», «mercifully short».
examples
- And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed: 'The LORD, the LORD, God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth; (Torah EXO.34.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- for the LORD thy God is a merciful God; He will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which He swore unto them. (Torah DEU.4.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- But he lingered; and 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. (Torah GEN.19.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright, (Prophets 2SA.22.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright; (Writings PSA.18.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. (Writings PRO.11.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- God is merciful and forgives those who are sorry. tree →
- The merciful king let the prisoner go free. tree →
- «Blessed are the merciful.» tree →
- The talk was mercifully short. tree →
- Be merciful to animals. tree →
- Muslims begin with «In the name of God, the Most Merciful». tree →
note
Spelled with one l at the end. Noun: mercy. Opposite: merciless, cruel. «Mercifully» can mean «luckily, thankfully»: «Mercifully, it stopped raining.»
In the corpora
- With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,
- With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;
- The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
- Nevertheless in Thy manifold mercies Thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for Thou art a gracious and merciful God.
Trees and pragmatics
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