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[Ausra Pazeraite <apazera AT yahoo.co.uk>]

 I suppose it can be translated as "faithfulness", too.

Ausra

 

  George Athas <gathas AT hotkey.net.au> wrote:

> > The second question might refer to a different word altogether--khesed,
> > which is notoriously difficult to translate into English but probably gets
> > rendered both as "righteousness" and "charity" in English versions. It is
> > often understood as something like "covenant faithfulness," but I don't
> > know that that really captures the sense either. 
>
> It's not that hard to translate CHESED into English. I go for either "commitment" or "devotion".
>
> Best regards,
>
> GEORGE ATHAS
> (Sydney, Australia)
>
>
>
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