רַחַם
ra.cham (H7358)
womb
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "ra.cham" (H7358) is defined as "womb." This term is part of the semantic domain of Kinship & Family, indicating its importance in the context of relationships and inheritance. With 26 occurrences in the Bible, "ra.cham" is a relatively common word that is used to describe the physical space where a fetus develops and grows. The significance of "ra.cham" lies in its connection to genealogy and family lineage. In biblical culture, a person's identity and inheritance were often tied to their connection to their mother and her womb. This word highlights the importance of maternal lineage and the role of women in passing down family traditions and histories. Furthermore, "ra.cham" may also be used metaphorically to describe a place of nourishment and growth, such as a mother's love and care for her children.
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For Yahweh had closed up tight all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham’s wife.
Yahweh saw that Leah was hated, and he opened her womb, but Rachel was barren.
“Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”
that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have. The males shall be Yahweh’s.
When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
“All that opens the womb is mine; and all your livestock that is male, the firstborn of cow and sheep.
“Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine,
For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Israel, I have taken them to me.
Let her not, I pray, be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother’s womb.”
Everything that opens the womb, of all flesh which they offer to Yahweh, both of man and animal, shall be yours. Nevertheless, you shall surely redeem the firstborn of man, and you shall redeem the firstborn of unclean animals.
but to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but Yahweh had shut up her womb.
Her rival provoked her severely, to irritate her, because Yahweh had shut up her womb.
“Why didn’t I die from the womb? Why didn’t I give up the spirit when my mother bore me?
“ ‘Why, then, have you brought me out of the womb? I wish I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.
The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?
“Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke out of the womb,
I was thrown on you from my mother’s womb. You are my God since my mother bore me.
The wicked go astray from the womb. They are wayward as soon as they are born, speaking lies.
Your people offer themselves willingly in the day of your power, in holy array. Out of the womb of the morning, you have the dew of your youth.
“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
because he didn’t kill me from the womb. So my mother would have been my grave, and her womb always great.
Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
Give them—Yahweh what will you give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts.