1 Samuel 21:6:31 Sam.21.6.W3TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:7

קֹ֣דֶשׁ

kodesh

holy {bread}

Transliteration
KO-desh
Extended
KOH-dehsh
IPA
/ˈqoː.dɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
holy {bread}

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
קֹ֣ + דֶשׁ
ko + desh
kodesh

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Word in context

  1. word

    KO-desh

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KO-desh KI LO-ha-YA SHAM

  3. clause

    va-yit-TEN-LO ha-ko-HEN KO-desh KI LO-ha-YA SHAM LE-khem KI-im-LE-khem ha-pa-NIM ha-mu-sa-RIM mi-lif-NE ye-ho-VAH

  4. sentence

    va-yit-TEN-LO ha-ko-HEN KO-desh KI LO-ha-YA SHAM LE-khem KI-im-LE-khem ha-pa-NIM ha-mu-sa-RIM mi-lif-NE ye-ho-VAH la-SUM LE-khem KHOM be-YOM hil-lak-KHO

Exegesis

The phrase ha-leḥem ha-qōdeš {הַלֶּחֶם הַקֹּדֶשׁ | ha-le·ḥem ha-qō·deš} ‘the holy bread’ denotes loaves set apart for sacred use.

Root and etymology

q-d-šq-d-š

set-apartness

In context1 Samuel 21:6

And the priest gave him the holy bread , for there was no bread for them in that place except the bread of the presence , which was removed to put hot bread in its place on the day it was taken away.

About this coordinate

1 Samuel 21:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 21:6, so the Hebrew word קֹ֣דֶשׁ (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.21.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.6.W3.S1) and character.