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 34:6God's self-description on Sinai — the foundational hesed text
Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
Deuteronomy 7:9Hesed bound to covenant — loyalty that outlasts generations
Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, “Blessed be he of Yahweh, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead.” Naomi said to her, “The man is a close relative to us, one of our near kinsmen.”
Ruth 2:20Hesed in human hands — Boaz's kindness read as God's own
Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good; for his loving kindness endures forever.
Psalm 136:1The refrain repeated in all twenty-six verses of the psalm
The same lexicon, opened in IsraelForYou: pick a word from the list and its card opens — script, sound, and every verse it lives in.
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Hebrew words
אהבהahava
Love — given and chosen
אהבahav
To love — the root behind ahava
חסדhesed
Covenant loyalty — steadfast, unfailing love
חסד ואמתhesed ve emet
“Loving kindness and truth” — the pair God…
‹ Hebrew words
חֶסֶדhesedKHEH-sed
Covenant loyalty — steadfast, unfailing love
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
Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
