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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Chesed


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Chesed is the fourth son of Nahor with Milcah. Nahor lived in Haran but was originally from Ur of the Chaldeans. The Hebrew word for Chaldean is Kashedim, which is the plural of Chesed. It seems that Nahor named his son after the people he came from.

The name Chesed consists of two parts:
1) The letter ke (ke 937) which, when used as particle, means as if.
2) The segment shed may come from sadad (sadad 2235), harrow, or sdh (sdh 2236; meaning unknown), with derivatives saday (saday 2236a), field, land, and sdh (sadeh 2236b) field.

The development of mankind seems to go hand in hand with that of Babel. Babel's great river the Euphrates is mentioned as early as Gen 2:4, as it flows through the garden of Eden. Parallel to the calling of Abraham (who came from Ur of the Chaldeans) the tower of Babel is constructed and subsequently torn down. After her glory days under king Solomon, the surviving tribe(s) Judah (and Simeon) is adopted by the Babylonian empire. And finally, it seems that Ecclesia also grows up in Babylon, only to break free from it and leave it in shambles (Rev 18:2). The pun is that the word adam (man, human) comes from the word adamah, meaning field. The meaning of the name Chaldean seems to be a reminder that any form of the Babylonian phenomenon is not what brings mankind forth: As If It Were A Field.

A related name is Siddim.



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