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The Basmala (Arabic: بَسْمَلَة, basmalah; also known by its opening words Bi-smi llāh; بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ, "In the name of God"), [1] or Tasmiyyah (Arabic: تَسْمِيَّة), is the titular name of the Islamic phrase "In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful" (Arabic: بِسْمِ ٱللَّٰهِ ...
Psalm 111 – The Greatness of God’s Works text and detailed commentary, enduringword.com; Hallelujah! / I will praise the LORD with all my heart. text and footnotes, usccb.org United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; Psalm 111:1 introduction and text, biblestudytools.com; Psalm 111 / Refrain: The Lord is gracious and full of compassion.
In Exodus 34:5–6, it is part of the Name of God, "Yahweh, Yahweh, the compassionate and gracious God". The descriptive of God in this text is, in Jewish tradition, called the "Thirteen Attributes of Mercy". [14]
יְהוָה YHVH (compassion before a person sins [10]); יְהוָה YHVH (compassion after a person has sinned [10]); אֵל El (possessing the power to bestow kindness [11]); רַחוּם Raḥum: merciful (that humankind may not be distressed [12]); וְחַנּוּן VeḤanun: and gracious (if humankind is already in distress [12]);
Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
raḥum: "mildhearted, softhearted, compassionate" raḥmani: "mild, meek, careful, merciful, compassionate" raḥmanut: "pity, mercy, empathy" (usage: to have raḥmanut for someone) raḥum v'ḥanun: compassionate and gracious/merciful. Two of the thirteen attributes of God's mercy in Judaism, from Exodus 34
The other, rachamim, is also translated as 'compassion' (or because its noun form is grammatically plural, as 'mercies'). Rachamim is the fourth of the thirteen attributes. Exodus 34:6 says: "The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness."
The Old Testament use of the word includes the concept that those showing favor do gracious deeds, or acts of grace, such as being kind to the poor and showing generosity. [14] Descriptions of God's graciousness abound in the Torah/Pentateuch, for example in Deuteronomy 7:8 [16] and Numbers 6:24–27. [17]