very limited, the human being can demonstrate ḥesed toward God (see IV/3; fundamentally different, A. Jepsen, KerD 7 [1961]: 269). (c) In contrast to ḥēn “goodwill,” ḥesed occurs with pron. as well as (less frequent) nom. complements in the gen. (e.g., 1 Sam 20:14; Psa 21:8; 52:10), always indicating the one doing ḥesed (the text of Psa 59:11, 18 is to be emended [cf., however, J. Weingreen, VT 4 (1954): 55], as is Psa 144:2). Thus the two words are not used synonymously; when the two occur together,