Deuteronomy 23:14:12Deut.23.14.W12TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:15
קָדֹ֑ושׁ
kadosh
“holy”
- Transliteration
- ka-DOSH
- Extended
- kaa-DOHSH
- IPA
- /qaːˈdoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ka-DOSH
- clause
ve-la-TET oy-ve-KHA le-fa-NE-kha ve-ha-YA ma-kha-ne-KHA ka-DOSH
- sentence
ki-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha mit-ha-LEKH be-KE-rev ma-kha-ne-KHA le-hat-TsIL-kha ve-la-TET oy-ve-KHA le-fa-NE-kha ve-ha-YA ma-kha-ne-KHA ka-DOSH ve-LO-YIR-eh be-KHA er-VAT da-VAR ve-SHAV me-a-ha-re-KHA
Exegesis
Vehayah machanecha kadosh {וְהָיָה מַחֲנֶךָ קָדוֹשׁ | wə-hā-yāh mā-ḥă-nê-ḵā qā-dôš} ‘and it shall be your camp holy’ states the required condition of holiness.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–dalet–shin
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:14
For the LORD your God moves about in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give your enemies before you. Therefore, your camp must be holy , so that He will not see among you any nakedness of a thing and turn away from after you.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:14:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 23:14, so the Hebrew word קָדֹ֑ושׁ (kadosh) 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 Deut.23.14.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.14.W12.S1) and character.