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חוּס

«חוּס» in the Tanakh dictionary: pity — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 24 times · Key: 2347 · BDB: חוּס

Glosses

it.will.look.with.pity (6); it.will.look.with.compassion (5); it.looked.with.compassion (3)

Meaning (OSHB)

pity tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pity, look upon with compassion tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. pity, look upon with compassion (Aramaic ܚܳܣ, חוּס pity, spare; Assyrian ḫûs, in n.pr. cf. DlPr 181)— Pf. 3 fs. חָסָה Ez 16:5, 2 ms. חַ֫סְתָּ Jon 4:10; Impf. 3 ms. יָחוּס Je 21:7; יָחֹס ψ 72:13; 3 fs. תָּחוּס Is 13:18; תָּחוֹס Dt 7:16 + 9 times (Ges§ 72 R 4 Bö§ 1133 (2)); תָּחֹס Gn 45:20 Ez 9:5; וַתָּ֫חָס 1 S 24:11 Ez 20:17; 1 s. אָחוּס Je 13:14 + 2 times; Imv. חוּ֫סָה Jo 2:17 Ne 13:22:— of the eye, עין, תח(ו)ס על (לא) the eye shall (not) look with compassion, pity, upon Dt 7:16; 13:9; 19:13; Is 13:18 Ez 7:4; 20:17; לא חסה עָלַיִךְ עין Ez 16:5; עֵינְכֶם אַל־תָּחֹס עַל־כְּלֵיכֶם Gn 45:20 (RJE) let not your eye look with regret upon your stuff; with ellipsis of עַיִן 1 S 24:11 (but read וָאָחֻס for וַתָּחָס 𝔊 𝔖 We Klo Dr); with ellipsis of על Dt 19:21; 25:12 Ez 5:11; 7:9; 8:18; 9:10; ע֯ל תחס עיני֯כם (אל) Ez 9:5. of God חוסה על Ne 13:22 Jo 2:17; לא אחוס על נינוה Jon 4:11; ellipsis of עַל Je 13:14 Ez 24:14. of man: the Messianic king על־דַּל וְאֶבְיוֹן ψ 72:13 he shall have pity on poor and needy; Nebuchadrezzar עליהם (i.e. on Zedekiah and the people) Je 21:7; Jonah, על חקיקיון Jon 4:10.—Vid. also חמל.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 24 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חוּס» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Deuteronomy 25:12

וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה אֶת־כַּפָּ֑הּ לֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶֽךָ׃ס

Word for word: and you.will.cut.off (et) palm her not it.will.look.with.pity eye your

JPS 1917: then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

Psalms 72:13

יָ֭חֹס עַל־דַּ֣ל וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹת אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים יוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

Word for word: he.will.have.compassion on [the].poor and.[the] needy and the.lives of.needy.[people] he.will.save

JPS 1917: He will have pity on the poor and needy, and the souls of the needy he will save.

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