2 Chronicles 23:6:92 Chr.23.6.W9TAB
כִּי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ
kikodesh
“for holy”
- Transliteration
- ki-KO-desh
- Extended
- kih-KOH-dehsh
- IPA
- /kiːˈqoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- for holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| 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
ki-KO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
ki-KO-desh HE-ma
- clause
ve-AL-ya-VO VET-ye-ho-VAH KI im-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-me-sha-re-TIM la-le-vi-YIM HE-ma ya-VO-u ki-KO-desh HE-ma
- sentence
ve-AL-ya-VO VET-ye-ho-VAH KI im-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-me-sha-re-TIM la-le-vi-YIM HE-ma ya-VO-u ki-KO-desh HE-ma ve-KHOL-ha-AM yish-me-RU mish-ME-ret ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The anaphoric pronoun hemmah precedes yavo-u {יָבֹאוּ | yā-ḇōʼū} ‘they shall enter,’ and the clause ki-kodesh {כִּי־קֹדֶשׁ | kî-qō-ḏeš} ‘for they are holy’ supplies the rationale.
Root and etymology
Rootk-d-sh
“separate, holy”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:6
Let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the ministers of the Levites; they alone may enter because they are holy . Yet all the people must keep the charge of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:6:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Chronicles 23:6, so the Hebrew word כִּי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ (kikodesh) 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 2 Chr.23.6.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.6.W9.S1) and character.