This is what the Hebrew word Khesed (חֶסֶד) means.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חֶסֶד
khesed
noun · masculine
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khesed.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1לשון המקראחרפה, תועבה.
וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִקַּח אֶת אֲחֹתוֹ בַּת אָבִיו אוֹ בַת אִמּוֹ, וְרָאָה אֶת עֶרְוָתָהּ וְהִיא תִרְאֶה אֶת עֶרְוָתוֹ - חֶסֶד הוּא, וְנִכְרְתוּ לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי עַמָּם; עֶרְוַת אֲחֹתוֹ גִּלָּה - עֲוֹנוֹ יִשָּׂא
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khesed is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- חֶסֶד
- Written without vowel points
- חסד
- Said
- khesed
- Root
- ח־ס־ד
- Pattern
- קֶטֶל
- Plural
- חֲסָדִים
- Inflections
- ר' חֲסָדִים; חֶסֶד־, ר' חַסְדֵּי־; כ' חַסְדּוֹ
- Gematria
- 72
These words mean nearly the same as Khesed.
- חרפה
- קלוןshame
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Khesed in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khesed.
What is a synonym for Khesed (חֶסֶד)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Khesed (חֶסֶד) are חרפה and קלון.
Is Khesed (חֶסֶד) masculine or feminine?
The word Khesed (חֶסֶד) is a masculine noun, and its plural is חֲסָדִים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חסד of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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