1 Samuel 16:5:61 Sam.16.5.W6TAB

הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ

hitkadeshu

consecrate yourselves

Transliteration
hit-ka-DE-shu
Extended
hihth-kah-DEH-shoo
IPA
/hit.qaˈdːə.ʃuː/

Meaning by language

English
consecrate yourselves

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
הִֽ + תְ + קַ + דְּשׁ֔וּ
hit + ka + de + shu
hitkadeshu

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Tavt as in top
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    hit-ka-DE-shu

  2. clause

    va-YO-mer sha-LOM liz-BO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ba-TI hit-ka-DE-shu u-va-TEM i-TI ba-za-VAKH

  3. sentence

    va-YO-mer sha-LOM liz-BO-akh la-ye-ho-VAH ba-TI hit-ka-DE-shu u-va-TEM i-TI ba-za-VAKH va-ye-ka-DESH et-yi-SHAI ve-et-ba-NAIV va-yik-RA la-HEM la-za-VAKH

Exegesis

The Hitpael imperative hitqaddēšû {הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ | hitqaddēšû} ‘consecrate yourselves’ and ūbāʾətem {וּבָאתֶ֥ם | ūbāʾətem} ‘and come’ coordinate communal purification and movement.

In context1 Samuel 16:5

And he said, “Peace . I have come to sacrifice to the LORD . Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 16:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 16:5, so the Hebrew word הִֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ (hitkadeshu) 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 Sam.16.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.16.5.W6.S1) and character.