# hesed ve emet (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת)

pronounced: KHEH-sed ve-e-MET


**“Loving kindness and truth” — the pair God reaches for when He proclaims His own character to Moses, and the pair John echoes of the Word made flesh**

## In Scripture

> Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
> — Exodus 34:6 (God names His own character to Moses)

> The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.
> — John 1:14 (John’s Greek phrase “grace and truth” recalls God’s self-description in Exodus 34:6; this is a New Testament echo, not a Hebrew occurrence.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/hesed-ve-emet/