Lexicon
נֹ֫חַם
no.cham
H5164
H:N-M Hebrew

repentance

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no.cham denotes repentance in Hosea 13:14, where it is set within a declaration concerning death and Sheol.

The lone attestation places no.cham in Hosea 13:14 within a declaration about ransom from Sheol and redemption from death; the verse's wider setting frames the noun in relation to compassion being hidden.

Senses in use

  1. Repentance in a death-and-redemption declaration · dominant

    The masculine singular absolute noun occurs in Hosea 13:14 amid statements of ransom from Sheol and redemption from death. In Hosea 13:14 the APB renders the surrounding verse with the challenge to death and Sheol and concludes, "Compassion is hidden from my eyes,".

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Hosea 13:14, the APB presents the surrounding declaration through ransom, redemption, death, Sheol, and "Compassion is hidden from my eyes." Its specific rendering of the noun cannot be identified with confidence.

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