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27 maj 2021 · One of the Hebrew words for ‘love’ is hesed (חסד, pronounced kheh-sed”), which is actually a difficult word to translate into English. That is because there is a range of meanings for hesed. Theologian John Oswalt said hesed is “… a completely undeserved kindness and generosity”. The prophet Isaiah wrote, “Though the mountains ...
28 lip 2023 · The Hebrew word for love is ahavah, which is rooted in the more molecular word hav,1 which means to give, revealing that, according to Judaism, giving is at the root of love. What does this etymological insight teach us both about the function of love and about how love functions?
1 lip 2024 · Hebrew actually has four words for love. English has just one word for love – love. We love everything from our family, friends, pet dog Sparky, and Big Macs. We throw that word love around like the words hello, hi, how ya doin’. For most of us, it is just a word to use when you have nothing else to say.
1 sty 2009 · Perceiving the Old Testament from a Christian point of view sheds new light on a central theological issue thus far underestimated in scholarly research: God's steadfast love.
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18 gru 2018 · A masterpiece of deep learning and fine sensibility, Robert Alter’s translation of the Hebrew Bible, now complete, reanimates one of the formative works of our culture.
The Hebrew language, and thus the Hebrew Bible, has a number of different words for love. “ Deus Caritas est ” expounds on the distinction between the Greek terms eros and agape. Yet there does not appear to be a Hebrew equivalent for eros (though there are general words
