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Hebrew Anatomy Part 5: The Womb

3/26/2019

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​So far in this series, we’ve looked at the heart, the liver, the kidneys, and the nose. This time, we’ll look at something that is specific to women: the womb. While this article is a short one, I believe it is nevertheless a crucial part of what this article series is building up to. 
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To begin, as always, we’ll look at the word in question in Hebrew. This word is רחם (rechem); a noun translated almost exclusively as “womb.” Its first use is in Bereshiyt (Gen.) 20:18, where it describes the household of Abimelech having all the wombs closed up. Here are a couple verses that utilize this word:

31 Now יהוה saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. – Gen. 29:31

14 Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Yisra’el, and the Levites shall be Mine. 15 After that, the Levites shall go in to do the service of the Tent of Appointment: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them as a wave offering. 16 For they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Yisra’el, I have taken them to Me. – Num. 8:14-16

This word, rechem, is derived (as Hebrew nouns are) from the verb of the same spelling, pronounced racham. You may know words like “rachamim” such as appears in some Messianic praise music. If you’re unfamiliar, the word racham means “compassion” and if often translated as compassion, mercy, or even pity. Below are some verses that feature the word racham:

19 And He said, “I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the Name of יהוה before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion.” – Ex. 33:19

10 Foreigners will build up your walls, And their kings will minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, And in My favor I have had compassion on you. – Is. 60:10


It is interesting to note that these words are related for a number of reasons. First, look at the first example from Gen. 29:31. Leah was “unloved” so Elohim opened her womb. Sounds simple. But what sort of action was this on the part of Elohim? Clearly, He looked to Leah and was moved to help her; that is, He had compassion on her.

Just as the heart is the seat of the mind; just as the liver is the seat of honor/glory; just as the kidneys are the seat of the “deepest, most tender emotions,” so too, is the womb an organ that anchors a spiritual (or “soulish” if you will) element of humanity.

If you’re a mother, you know the deep longing and compassion and mercy (and yes, sometimes even pity) that you feel toward your children. Those that you have carried in your womb. It’s a bond that is clearly physical and emotional, but also spiritual. You develop a “compassionate” attitude toward your child while the child gestates within the organ of compassion itself!

At the risk of getting political (then again, shouldn’t we all?), look now towards the modern West. The United States, Canada, the UK, and most of the modern industrialized world has seen a number of revolutions. One of the larger ones has been the “women’s revolution” and in the United States at the very least, the marches are still going strong. One of the major tenets of these “feminist revolutions” has been to increase exposure and access to abortion. I know I can’t be the only one who has seen these women, often celebrities, in the public square. Campaigns such as “shout your abortion” are gaining media attention, and worse, the attention of young, impressionable minds.
But an interesting thing I personally noticed about many of these women. They claim to be proud of having gotten an abortion, and have a cold, perhaps heartless attitude toward the Unborn. Perhaps the words we’ve looked at above will help you understand why.

If you harm the liver physically, you harm the honor/glory spiritually. If you harm the heart physically, you harm the mind. And so on it goes. As we’ve continually examined in this series, the physical parts of the human body are connected with and related to the spiritual parts of the body (as I like to say, the soulish part).

Perhaps – and this is solely my personal theory based on observation of American culture – those who so adamantly brag about abortion, who are so proud to have removed their child from their womb; perhaps the reason they can be so harsh, cold, and unloving toward the unborn, is simply because they’ve damaged their “organ of compassion.” The natural physical and spiritual function of the womb in a woman is to serve as a chamber of growing compassion. So what happens when it is damaged?

As an aside, I realize men are perfectly capable of being compassionate even though we do not have a womb. Just as even someone with a dysfunctional nose can still get angry (see Part 4). But on the whole, in general, we find women more naturally nurturing and more naturally compassionate. I believe this is yet another example of how the Words of Elohim are ingrained not only in Scripture, but in the way He built our bodies.

Be Berean.

Shalom. 

Uploaded 3/26/19.​
9 Comments
Francois Havenga
5/8/2019 08:12:50 pm

Shalom brother, I just want to say: TODAH RABBAH for your obedience - I am so blessed reading your posts!!
I came across it after I prayed to OUR HEAVENLY FATHER YHVH when I had to minister to Gideon, a young man who lived a licentious life & ended up in the Provincial Hospital in George , South Africa with cysts on his kidneys.
Bemidbar/Numbers 6:24-26 blessings for you and your family.
Francois Havenga
+27846276602

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Rachel Makaranga
6/28/2019 08:52:27 pm

Please don’t stop! I recently found your website and can’t stop reading and God is unravelling so much thru these articles. Bless you!

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Richard Muller
7/27/2019 03:18:31 pm

I have thoroughly enjoyed your series on the organs and how they are dual purpose and meaning. Scriptures have been in my opinion ruined by translation into English. They have definitely shown us through great study that we have mistaken many words and lost meaning through the efforts of man. Thank you so much for the dedication to our ELOHIM and his word.

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Greder
1/5/2020 09:01:58 am

Thank you so much. I work in nursing and we are not taught even taught properly. Only strictly for what we are to function, not questionning some motivations. Your teaching opens the vision. And in most cases of sickness, healing process or regress, i discovered the Unforgiveness, vengeance, anger as a sickness provoking root.

Thank you so much ,i have been searching for those meanings, and found them. You are the Lord's blessing.

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Madeleine Younze
7/30/2020 11:13:50 pm

Great series! Can't wait to read the part about the biblical difference between soul and spirit. Really exciting!!!

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Shashank Christian
3/21/2022 02:26:44 am

Praise the Lord Brother.I am from India.I loved the series.It is very much Illuminating.It helped me a lot in understanding Leviticus.PLEASE DONT STOP.

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Roger Gospodinoff
11/11/2022 03:30:16 pm

In working on getting a clear understanding of Genesis for the last couple of years, I noticed that many of the references to body parts in the Bible are replaced with other words. Now to see your explanations of these organs has been very enlightening. Thanks.

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Nathaniel
12/2/2022 12:45:26 pm

Yes! Your are so right! "The natural physical and spiritual function of the womb in a woman is to serve as a chamber of growing Love and Compassion" .

Realize that The True God, The Elohim of Love, Mercy, Grace and Compassion existed first before anything in the physical world existed. Everything starts in the spiritual realm first!

Therefore, Spirituality first, there has to be a "Spiritual Mother" with a "Spiritual Womb", and there has to be a "Spiritual Father" to create Children with The Spiritual Mother.


Elohim(God), God The Spiritual Father, and God The Spiritual Mother(The Holy Spirit). They are The Spiritual Parents of Their Spiritual Children who are "Spiritually Born-Again" in "The Spiritual Womb" of "The Spiritual Mother", The Wife Of God The Father".
Look at Galatians 4, verses 26 and 27.

26 JeruSalem from above, She is free. She is The Mother of us all.

27 For it is written, "Rejoice oh barren woman who did not bear Spiritual Children, Shine forth and Shout, You Who are not in labor, For more are the children of the desolate woman, than the Free Woman Who Has A Husband".

The name of of God is MelquisedecLisbet. Visit ChristIsAWoman dot com, for more biblical proof.

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WILMA
3/1/2023 11:37:14 pm

Thank you for your wonderful insights. Will there be any further teachings in this series such and eyes, ears, feet, hands, navel, brain (mind), mouth, lips, stomach/belly, etc. I believe so much gets lost in translation in the English language hence my question regarding the other organs mentioned in the Scriptures. Todah raba

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