Hebrew word · H3819

לֹא רֻחָ֫מָה

ruchamah

No Mercy

Appears 4 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A woman living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Hos.1.6;

daughter of: Hosea (H1954J) and Gomer (H1586H);

sister of: Jezreel (H3157K), Lo-ammi lo am.mi (לֹא עַמִּי "Not My People" H3818))

§ Lo-ruhamah = "no mercy"

(Pual) symbolic name given by the prophet Hosea to his daughter

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Hosea · 4

  1. Hosea 1:6 לֹ֣א רֻחָ֑מָה Lo-, Ruhamah

    Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

    Here: The first half of the name: the plain negative 'not'.

  2. Hosea 1:8 לֹ֣א רֻחָ֑מָה Lo-, Ruhamah

    After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

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