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
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
hik-di-SHESH
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.