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חסד
KHE-sed
Phonetics · KHE-sed
Loving-kindness; volunteer charity work.
Register: liturgical · casualPart of speech: noun (m.)Hebrew (עברית, Ivrit)Root ח.ס.ד ("be kind, loyal")
"Loving-kindness", the biblical covenant word; in Israel, "doing chesed" is volunteer charity work.
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