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# חָסַד

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2616

**be good** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be good [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2616/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָסַד: vb. be good, kind [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2616/#m2)

**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.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: you show yourself faithful (2).

## In the verses

[2 Samuel 22:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.26/#tree)

עִם־חָסִ֖יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גִּבּ֥וֹר תָּמִ֖ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* with a.faithful.\[person\] you.show.yourself.faithful with a.mighty.\[man\] blameless you.show.yourself.blameless

*JPS 1917:* With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright,

[Psalms 18:26](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.26/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.26/#tree)

עִם־חָסִ֥יד תִּתְחַסָּ֑ד עִם־גְּבַ֥ר תָּ֝מִ֗ים תִּתַּמָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* with a.faithful.\[person\] you.show.yourself.faithful with a.man blameless you.show.yourself.blameless

*JPS 1917:* With the merciful Thou dost show Thyself merciful, with the upright man Thou dost show Thyself upright;

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2616.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2616/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).