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title: חֶסֶד — shame · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֶסֶד (lemma:חֶסֶד), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: shame. BDB 1906: n.m. shame, reproach. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֶסֶד

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«חֶסֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **shame** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חֶסֶד · **BDB:** חֶ֫סֶד²

### Glosses

\[is\].a.shame (1); a.shame (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

shame [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5e1_5b6_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. shame, reproach [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5e1_5b6_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. shame, reproach, only abs.:—ח׳ הוּא Lv 20:17 (H) it is a shame (shameful thing); ח׳ לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת Pr 14:34 sin is a reproach to peoples.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֶסֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b6_5e1_5b6_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 14:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.14.34/)

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צְדָקָ֥ה תְרֽוֹמֵֽם־גּ֑וֹי וְחֶ֖סֶד לְאֻמִּ֣ים חַטָּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* righteousness it.exalts a.nation and.\[is\] a.shame to.a.people sin

*JPS 1917:* Righteousness exalteth a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people.

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[Leviticus 20:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.20.17/)

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וְאִ֣ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־יִקַּ֣ח אֶת־אֲחֹת֡וֹ בַּת־אָבִ֣יו א֣וֹ בַת־אִ֠מּוֹ וְרָאָ֨ה אֶת־עֶרְוָתָ֜הּ וְהִֽיא־תִרְאֶ֤ה אֶת־עֶרְוָתוֹ֙ חֶ֣סֶד ה֔וּא וְנִ֨כְרְת֔וּ לְעֵינֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י עַמָּ֑ם עֶרְוַ֧ת אֲחֹת֛וֹ גִּלָּ֖ה עֲוֺנ֥וֹ יִשָּֽׂא׃

*Word for word:* and a.man who he.will.take (et) sister his the.daughter his.father his or the.daughter his.mother his and he.will.see (et) nakedness her and she she.will.see (et) nakedness his \[is\].a.shame it and they.will.be.cut.off to the.eyes of.the.sons their.people their the.nakedness his.sister his he.has.uncovered iniquity his he.will.bear

*JPS 1917:* And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness: it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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