1 Samuel 15:6:131 Sam.15.6.W13TAB
חֶ֙סֶד֙
khesed
“kindness, loyal love”
- Transliteration
- KHE-sed
- Extended
- KHEH-sehd
- IPA
- /ˈħɛsɛd/
Meaning by language
- English
- kindness, loyal love
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Samekh | s as in sit | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KHE-sed
- phraseyour reading level
a-SI-ta KHE-sed
- clause
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
va-YO-mer sha-UL el-ha-KEI-ni le-KHU su-RU re-DU mi-TOKH a-ma-le-KI pen-oh-SIF-kha i-MO ve-a-TA a-SI-ta KHE-sed im-kol-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ba-a-lo-TAM mi-mits-RA-yim va-ya-SAR kei-NI mi-TOKH a-ma-LEK
Exegesis
The noun ḥe·sed {חֶסֶד | ḥe·sed} ‘steadfast love’ connotes covenant loyalty, temporally defined by baʿālôtām {בַּעֲלוֹתָם | baʿālôtām} ‘when they went up’ from mim·miṣrāyim {מִמִּצְרָיִם | mim·miṣrāyim}, anchoring the kindness in the Exodus narrative.
Root and etymology
RootChet–Samekh–Dalet
“loyal love”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:6
And Saul said to the Kenite , “Go, turn aside, depart from among the Amalekites, lest I gather you with him; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenite departed from among the Amalekites.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:6:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 15:6, so the Hebrew word חֶ֙סֶד֙ (khesed) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Sam.15.6.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.6.W13.S1) and character.