Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

My first choice is  "Loving kindness" -   my second choice is "mercy"

Chesed is the fourth "sephira" according to Kabbala, and the source 
of all the mercy in the world, its opposite is Gevura, "stern 
judgement"

Shoshanna




 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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