Jastrow: רַחֲמָן

רַחֲמָן m. (preced.) merciful, compassionate, sympathetic; הר׳ the Merciful, God. Tosef. B. Kam. IX, 30 (ref. to Deut. XIII, 18) כל זמן שאתה ר׳ הר׳ וכ׳ if thou art merciful, the Merciful will have mercy on thee. Kidd. 81ᵇ הר׳ יצילנו וכ׳ the Lord save us from evil inclinations. Midr. Till. to Ps. CIII, 13 כר׳ שבאבות like the most merciful of the patriarchs (Abraham). B. Bath. 145ᵇ (ref. to Prov. XV, 15) זה ר׳ this means the sympathetic man. Snh. 39ᵃ אם ר׳ הוא … אם ר׳ מלא רחמים הוא וכ׳ if he (the human king) is merciful, he puts half of them (the rebels) to death; if he is most merciful, he chastises the prominent &c.; a. fr.—Pl. רַחֲמָנִים, רַחֲמָנִין. Yeb. 79ᵃ שלשה … הר׳ וכ׳ this nation (Israel) is known by three characteristic features, they are merciful, chaste, charitable; Y. Kidd. IV, 65ᶜ; Midr. Till. to Ps. XVII. Pes. 113ᵇ שלשה חייהן … הר׳ וכ׳ there are three persons whose lives are no lives, the sympathetic, the hot-tempered, and the delicate. M. Kat. 27ᵇ (to those mourning to excess) אמר הקב"ה אי אתם ר׳ בו יותר ממני (Ms. M. omits בו) the Lord says, you do not bear him more love than I do?; a. e.—Fem. (b. h.) רַחֲמָנִית. Tanḥ. Vayetsé 8 אמר לה הקב"ה את ר׳ וכ׳ the Lord said to her (Leah), thou art compassionate, I will also have compassion on her (Rachel).—Pl. רַחֲמָנִיּוֹת. Meg. 14ᵇ מפני שהנשים ר׳ הן because women are compassionate. Ex. R. s. 2, beg. מדותיו … ר׳ הן the dealings and dispositions of the Lord are full of love; a. e.