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  • From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
  • To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: CHESED
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 09:02:27 -0500


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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  • CHESED, George Athas, 01/16/2002
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: CHESED, Ausra Pazeraite, 01/16/2002
    • Re: CHESED, Shoshanna Walker, 01/16/2002
    • RE: CHESED, Peter Kirk, 01/17/2002
    • RE: CHESED, Ausra Pazeraite, 01/17/2002

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