חסד (chesed) — pictograph word study

חסד

Meaning: covenant love, kindness, mercy

Letter by letter — the ancient pictures

ח Chet — value 8
Life (chai = 18 = twice chet's letters chet-yod), fence, enclosure; eight — the number beyond nature's seven letter page →

ס Samekh — value 60
Support, surrounding protection, the endless circle; somech noflim — He upholds the falling letter page →

ד Dalet — value 4
Door, pathway, lowliness (dal — poor, humble); the fourth direction that completes a space letter page →

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