chesedn.
/ˈxɛsᵻd/, /ˈhɛsᵻd/, U.S. /ˈhɛsəd/ Judaism.
The attribute of grace, benevolence, or compassion; spec. (in Kabbalism) this attribute as one of the sephiroth.
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1887 S. L. M. Mathers Kabbala Denudata xl. 234 Chesed is the fourth Sephira, which succeeds Binah the third.
1903 Jewish Q. Rev. 15 455 By chesed a man annihilates his enemy.., he makes him a friend.
1963 B. W. Anderson Old Test. & Christian Faith xii. 233 It is said that Yahweh is the God ‘who keeps covenant and chésed’.
1989 W. Weaver tr. U. Eco Foucault's Pendulum xxxiii. 213 Now I know that Hesed is not only the Sefirah of grace and love.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 11 Dec. i. 43/8 (advt.) As a ‘Patron of Medicine’ in support of our Department of Oncology, Harvey continues the legacy of tzedekah and chesed that he learned from his parents.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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