אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ

   ET-BET-KO-desh

   {the direct object}
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים

   ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM

   {the direct object} the holy ones
3. clause🔊 וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים

   va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM

   and he made {the direct object} the holy ones its length upon the face of or in front of the breadth of the house cubits twenty and its breadth cubits twenty
4. sentence🔊 וַיַּ֙עַשׂ֙ אֶת־בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים אָרְכּ֞וֹ עַל־פְּנֵ֤י רֹֽחַב־הַבַּ֙יִת֙ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְרָחְבּ֖וֹ אַמּ֣וֹת עֶשְׂרִ֑ים וַיְחַפֵּ֙הוּ֙ זָהָ֣ב ט֔וֹב לְכִכָּרִ֖ים שֵׁ֥שׁ מֵאֽוֹת׃

   va-ya-AS ET-BET-KO-desh ha-ko-da-SHIM OR-KO al-pe-NE RO-khav-ha-BA-yit a-MOT e-se-RIM ve-rokh-BO a-MOT e-se-RIM va-ye-kha-PE-hu za-HAV TOV le-khi-ka-RIM SHESH me-OT

   and he made {the direct object} the holy ones its length upon the face of or in front of the breadth of the house cubits twenty and its breadth cubits twenty and he overlaid it gold good or fine for talents six hundreds

Exegesis

The direct object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾět} governs the construct phrase bêṯ-qōḏeš hā-qōḏāšîm {בֵּֽית־קֹ֣דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים | bêt-qôḏêš hā-qōḏāšîm} ‘Most Holy Place’, a superlative denoting the inner sanctuary.

Root and etymology

q-d-sh🔊 ק־ד־שqof–daled–shin

“to be holy, set apart”

• 🔊 קִדּוּשׁkiddûšsanctificationLeviticus 10:3