חֶסֶד

Pronunciation:	ˈxesed  (HEH-sed)
Origin:	Hebrew
Anglicised Spelling:	Chesed
Definition:	חֶסֶד means 'benevolence' or 'charity' in Hebrew, but is often rendered as 'mercy' in Hermetic Qabalistic texts. It is the name of the fourth Sephirah of the Qabalistic Tree of Life.
Source:	Sivan, Reuven and Edward A. Levenston. The New Bantam-Megiddo Hebrew & English Dictionary. New York: Bantam, 1975.