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
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
KO-desh KI LO-ha-YA SHAM
- 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
- 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 context — 1 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.