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title: חָסַד — be good · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָסַד (lemma:חָסַד), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be good. BDB 1906: vb. be good, kind. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָסַד

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«חָסַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be good** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:חָסַד · **BDB:** חָסַד

### Glosses

he (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be good [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e1_5b7_5d3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be good, kind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e1_5b7_5d3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. 1. be good, kind (NH חָסַד in deriv. חָסִיד pious; Aramaic חֲסַד be kind, mild (then beg), chiefly in deriv. חִסְדָּא etc.; cf. perhaps Arabic حَشَدَ usually pl. they assembled, sq. لَهُ they combined for him, and took pains to shew him courtesy Lane 574c, v. also RSProph. 409 (and Schu AE v. in Thes); \>Thes al. who find primary meaning in eager zeal or desire (‖ קנא), whence develop kindness (as above), and envy, Arabic حَسَدَ, حَسَدٌ envy (vb. \& n.), Aramaic חֲסַד be put to shame, ܚܰܣܶܕ חַסֵּד reproach, revile, v. II. חסד)—only Impf. עִם־חָסִיד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד thou shewest thyself kind 2 S 22:26 = ψ 18:26.—On Pr 25:10 v. II. חסד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָסַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5e1_5b7_5d3/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 25:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.10/)

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פֶּֽן־יְחַסֶּדְךָ֥ שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְ֝דִבָּתְךָ֗ לֹ֣א תָשֽׁוּב׃

*Word for word:* lest he should.bring.you.shame \[one.who\].hears and your.bad report not it.will.turn.back

*JPS 1917:* Lest he that heareth it revile thee, and thine infamy turn not away.

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