רִחִים II, (preced.) beloved, friend; lovable. Targ. Jer. IX, 3 (ed. Wil. רְחֵים). Ib. XXXI, 19 (20) רָחֵים. Targ. O. a. Y. II Deut. XXXIII, 12; a. fr.—Pl. רְחִימִין. Targ. Hos. I, 6; 8. Targ. II Sam. I, 23; a. e.—Gen. R. s. 65 [read:] כמה ר׳ הוו ליה וכ׳ so many friends had he, and yet he said, (I appoint as my son’s guardian) the scribe; Yalk. ib. 115 רַחֲמִין.—Fem. רְחִימָא, רְחִימְתָּא. Targ. Y. Ex. XI, 2. Targ. Hos. III, 1. Targ. O. Deut. XXI, 16 רְחוּמְתָא ed. Berl. (ed. Vien. רְחֶמְתָּא); Y. רְחִימְתָּא, רְחוּמְתָא, רְחִמְ׳.