אֶת־הַחֶ֖סֶד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־הַחֶ֖סֶד

   et-ha-KHE-sed

   the steadfast-love or covenant-loyalty
2. clause🔊 כִּֽי־אָסַ֨פְתִּי אֶת־שְׁלוֹמִ֜י מֵאֵ֨ת הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַחֶ֖סֶד וְאֶת־הָֽרַחֲמִֽים׃

   ki-a-SAF-ti et-she-lo-MI me-ET ha-AM ha-ZE ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH et-ha-KHE-sed ve-et-ha-ra-kha-MIM

   for I have gathered up or taken away my peace or well-being from with the people this utterance of the LORD the steadfast-love or covenant-loyalty and the mercies or compassions
3. sentence🔊 כִּֽי־כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אַל־תָּבוֹא֙ בֵּ֣ית מַרְזֵ֔חַ וְאַל־תֵּלֵ֣ךְ לִסְפּ֔וֹד וְאַל־תָּנֹ֖ד לָהֶ֑ם כִּֽי־אָסַ֨פְתִּי אֶת־שְׁלוֹמִ֜י מֵאֵ֨ת הָעָ֤ם הַזֶּה֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אֶת־הַחֶ֖סֶד וְאֶת־הָֽרַחֲמִֽים׃

   ki-KHO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH al-ta-VO BET mar-ze-AKH ve-al-te-LEKH lis-POD ve-al-ta-NOD la-HEM ki-a-SAF-ti et-she-lo-MI me-ET ha-AM ha-ZE ne-UM-ye-ho-VAH et-ha-KHE-sed ve-et-ha-ra-kha-MIM

   for thus said the LORD do not enter house of mourning-feast or mourning and do not go to lament and do not mourn or wail for them for I have gathered up or taken away my peace or well-being from with the people this utterance of the LORD the steadfast-love or covenant-loyalty and the mercies or compassions

Exegesis

The causal clause begins with ki and the perfect verb asafti {אָסַפְתִּי | ʾā-sap-ti} ‘I have withdrawn’, governing three objects marked by et-she-lomi {אֶת־שְׁלוֹמִ֜י | ʾeṯ-šə-lō-mî} ‘My peace’, et-ha-ḥe-seḏ {אֶת־הַחֶסֶד | ʾeṯ-ha-ḥe-seḏ} ‘steadfast love’, and ve-et-ha-ra-cha-mim {וְאֶת־הָרַחֲמִֽים | wə-ʾeṯ-ha-ra-ḥa-mîm} ‘mercies’.

Root and etymology

Root🔊 ח־ס־דḥ-s-d

“covenant loyalty”

• 🔊 חָסִידchasidfaithful onePsalm 4:4