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מַחְמָל

mach.mal

compassion

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Strong’s H4263Noun, masculine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

the love of1

In the text

Ezekiel 24:21וּמַחְמַל
Tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I am about to desecrate My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and the delight of your soul. And the sons and daughters you left behind will fall by the sword.’

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[מַחְמָל] n.[m.] thing pitied, object of compassion, only cstr. Ez 24:21

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.