Edited sentence: " Besides being apparently related to "Jesuit," "Gesserit" is close to the Hebrew "gesher," albeit with a singular feminine ending."Children of the bridge" would not be inappropriate for a group trying to bring the "shortening of the way," with the messianic overture so clear in the text.Note that "bene" in Hebrew means "sons of" (often translated as "children of" as in "Children of Israel" for "bene Yisrael").This could suggest "Children of the Jesuits