1 Chronicles 18:11:21 Chr.18.11.W2TAB

הִקְדִּ֞ישׁ

hikdishesh

he dedicated

Transliteration
hik-di-SHESH
Extended
hik-dee-SHEESH
IPA
/hiq.dːiˈʃiːʃ/

Meaning by language

English
he dedicated

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִ + קְ + דִּ֞ישׁ
hik + di + shesh
hikdishesh

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    hik-di-SHESH

  2. clause

    gam-o-TAM hik-di-SHESH ha-ME-lekh da-VID la-ye-ho-VAH im-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV a-SHER na-SA mi-kal-ha-go-YIM

  3. sentence

    gam-o-TAM hik-di-SHESH ha-ME-lekh da-VID la-ye-ho-VAH im-ha-KE-sef ve-ha-za-HAV a-SHER na-SA mi-kal-ha-go-YIM me-e-DOM u-mim-mo-AV u-miv-be-NE a-MON u-mif-leesh-TIM u-me-a-ma-LEK

Exegesis

The Hiphil perfect hiqdish {הִקְדִּ֞ישׁ | hiq-dîš} ‘he consecrated’ presents a completed dedication, and the following subject phrase hammelek dawid {הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ | ham-me-lek dā-wîḏ} identifies the royal agent after the action, a word order that spotlights the deed before the doer.

Root and etymology

consonantsqof–dalet–shin

to make holy

In context1 Chronicles 18:11

King David also consecrated them to the LORD , along with the silver and the gold that he carried off from all the nations: from Edom, and from Moab, and from the sons of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek.

About this coordinate

1 Chronicles 18:11:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 18:11, so the Hebrew word הִקְדִּ֞ישׁ (hikdishesh) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.18.11.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.11.W2.S1) and character.