1 Samuel 21:4:101 Sam.21.4.W10TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:5
קֹ֖דֶשׁ
kodesh
“holy”
- Transliteration
- KO-desh
- Extended
- KOH-dehsh
- IPA
- /ˈqoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh
- clause
ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh YESH im-ha-ne-a-RIM AKH me-i-SHA
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh YESH im-ha-ne-a-RIM AKH me-i-SHA
Root and etymology
q-d-šq-d-š
“set-apartness”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David and said, “I have no common bread under my hand, but only the bread for the priests, if the men have kept themselves from women.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of 1 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word קֹ֖דֶשׁ (kodesh) 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.21.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.4.W10.S1) and character.