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<p>You are correct. In Aramaic l'mirham cannot mean "to have mercy." That would be l'rahomo.</p>
<p>However, knowledge of Aramaic was almost nonexistant even among Rabbonim in the Medieval Period (and also nowadays), and Jews mixed up all sorts of form. Look at the z'mira, Koh Ribbon ‘Olam, which is full of not only errors but even epikorsus in the way
it is printed, even though a lot of it is direct quotations from Sefer Doniel, and the correct form could be determined just by opening a T'NaKh.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Mesorah <mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Richard Wolpoe via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 20, 2017 11:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> mesorah@aishdas.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mesorah] L'Mircham Olay (in B'rich Shmeih)</font>
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<div>Artscroll translates this l'mircham as "that You have mercy"</div>
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<div>I have understood that in Aramaic l'ircham is to loveý. </div>
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<div>See Jastow p. 1467. </div>
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<div>As I read it Rocham in Hebrew is to have compassion on; to pity</div>
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<div>While in Aramaic it means to Love.</div>
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