Lexicon
חָסַד
cha.sad
H2616B
H:V Hebrew

to shame

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cha.sad denotes bringing shame or reproach upon someone in the warning of Proverbs 25:10.

The sole attested use concerns the prospect that a hearer may bring reproach in response to slander, as the warning in Proverbs 25:10 indicates.

Senses in use

  1. Bring reproach in response to slander · dominant

    In Proverbs 25:10, יְחַסֶּדְ is a Piel imperfect, third masculine singular form in the warning that a hearer may respond with reproach. The APB renders the verse, "Lest he who hears reproach you, and your slander not return," though its loose wording does not isolate the term's specific English equivalent.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 25:10, the APB presents a warning involving a hearer, reproach, and slander. It does not securely identify a single English rendering for the Hebrew form.

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