mercy

Lovingkindness, compassion, covenant loyalty

Core ethical value in Jewish tradition

Compassion, empathy across Semitic languages

Root for Arabic and Hebrew variants

Compassion, mercy, pity toward the afflicted

Emphasizes emotional response to suffering

Divine mercy, compassion (rahmah)

Central to Islamic theology; 99 divine names include 'ar-Rahman'

Compassion, sympathetic joy

One of four brahmaviharas (divine abodes) in Buddhism