רֶחֶם Racham
Every verse in which this word stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the places the lexicon carries under this word's own entry, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.
Named in both kosher lists. Traditionally a vulture — the Egyptian vulture of the naturalists — said to be tender to its young, from the letters of mercy; the identification is discussed. Those letters under their own entries — womb, compassion — are not counted here.
וְאֶת־הַתִּנְשֶׁמֶת וְאֶת־הַקָּאָת וְאֶת־הָרָחָֽם
and the horned owl, and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture;
וְהַקָּאָת וְאֶֽת־הָרָחָמָה וְאֶת־הַשָּׁלָֽךְ
and the pelican, and the carrion-vulture, and the cormorant;
Quick answers
What is the Hebrew word for racham?
Racham in Hebrew is רחם, with a gematria of 248 in the standard method.
How many times is the racham mentioned in the Tanakh?
The word stands 2 times in the Tanakh, first at Leviticus 11:18.
A spelling is not a word. The bare letters רחם stand 19 times in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell a name or another word entirely, and the creature written with a particle attached is a spelling that search never returns. It is here, as itself.
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