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Chesed (Hebrew: חֶסֶד, also Romanized: Ḥeseḏ) is a Hebrew word that means 'kindness or love between people', specifically of the devotional piety of people towards God as well as of love or mercy of God towards humanity.
Cover of Steinberg O.N. Jewish and Chaldean etymological dictionary to Old Testament books 1878. Hebräisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch über die Schriften des Alten Testaments mit Einschluß der geographischen Nahmen und der chaldäischen Wörter beym Daniel und Esra (Hebrew-German Hand Dictionary on the Old Testament Scriptures including Geographical Names and Chaldean Words, with Daniel and ...
The Hebrew noun chesed (חסד) is typically translated as "loving-kindness", "mercy", or "grace". It appears frequently in the Hebrew Bible , denoting acts of kindness and compassion. The term Chesed is derived from the Hebrew root ח-ס-ד, which conveys the idea of loyal love or steadfast kindness.
"Hebraism" may also refer to a lexical item with Hebrew etymology, i.e. that (ultimately) derives from Hebrew. [2] For example, the English word stiff-necked, meaning "stubborn", is a calque of Greek σκληροτράχηλος, which is a calque of Hebrew קשה עורף qeshēh ʿōref "hard of neck; stubborn".
For example, in the word "להניח" ('lehaniach'), if the ה ('heh') has a patach under it, it means "to cause rest;" while if it has a kamatz under it, it means "to place." [1] The dictionary contains over 70,000 words and includes etymological information, displaying roots and Aramaic, Akkadian, Arabic or Ugaritic cognates.
Tzere is written with Yod to indicate the plural number of declined words, for example מוּצָרֵנוּ means our product and מוּצָרֵינוּ means our products; the standard pronunciation is the same: [mutsaˈɾenu]. Tzere is written with Yod in words in which the Yod is a part of the root:
In 1938, the "Association for Completing Eliezer Ben-Yehuda's Hebrew Language Dictionary" was established to raise funds to finance the publication of the missing volumes. The seven following volumes and the introduction volume were edited by the President of the Academy of the Hebrew Language, Professor Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai. Tur-Sinai ...
There are a number of words in the Hebrew language that denote happiness: Simcha (Hebrew: שמחה), happiness more generally, [1] or a celebration (e.g. a wedding, bar/bat mitzvah), it is also a name for both males and females; Osher (Hebrew: אושר), a deeper, lasting happiness [2] Orah (Hebrew: אורה), either "light" or "happiness"