Love | Merciful | verb qal | ≈ חוס · כסה · קנא · רחם

to be concerned for, to have pity on, to show mercy, to spare = process by which humans or deities experience an emotion of affection for a particular object or state of event; ► resulting in unwillingness to see that object come to harm or that event to be obstructed

EXO 2:6 · DEU 13:9 · 1SA 15:3 · 1SA 15:9 · 1SA 15:15 · 1SA 23:21 · 2SA 12:6 · 2SA 21:7 · 2CH 36:15 · 2CH 36:17 · JOB 16:13 · JOB 20:13 · PRO 6:34 · ISA 9:18 · JER 13:14 · JER 15:5 · JER 21:7 · JER 50:14 · JER 51:3 · LAM 2:2 · LAM 2:17 · LAM 2:21 · LAM 3:43 · EZK 5:11 · EZK 7:4 · EZK 7:9 · EZK 8:18 · EZK 9:5 · EZK 9:10 · EZK 36:21 · JOL 2:18 · HAB 1:17 · ZEC 11:5 · ZEC 11:6 · MAL 3:17 · MAL 3:17

Unwilling

to be unwilling, to be reluctant = state in which humans are unwilling and reluctant to do something which may be harmful their own position, ◄ as if having mercy on themselves

2SA 12:4

Lax

to relent = state in which an event is relatively low in intensity ◄ as if being merciful

JOB 6:10 · JOB 27:22 · ISA 30:14

Love | Merciful

compassion = process by which humans or deities experience an emotion of having tender feelings towards someone, ► resulting in unwillingness to see that person come to harm

EZK 16:5