the very first word used in this description of God is compassionate or in Hebrew rahum this word also appears as a noun rahamim or compassion and what's fascinating is that both of these words are related to the Hebrew word for womb raim so compassion in the Hebrew Bible is centered in a person's core and the word invites us to imagine a mother's tender feelings for her vulnerable infant but Rah isn't just an emot word it also involves action and surprisingly the word is used most often to describe God's actions motivated by his emotions like when
the Israelites are suffering and oppressed in Egypt God hears their cries and is compelled by his compassion his rahamim to rescue them
