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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