Deuteronomy 23:17:6Deut.23.17.W6TABWLC Deuteronomy 23:18
קָדֵשׁ
kadesh
“a cult prostitute {male}”
- Transliteration
- ka-DESH
- Extended
- kaa-DEHSH
- IPA
- /qaˈdeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a cult prostitute {male}
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ka-DESH
- sentence
lo-ti-HYEH ke-dei-SHAH mib-NOT yis-ra-EL ve-lo-yi-HYEH ka-DESH mib-NEI yis-ra-EL
Exegesis
The parallel predicates qəḏēšāh {קְדֵשָׁה | qəḏēšāh} “female cult prostitute” and qāḏēš {קָדֵשׁ | qāḏēš} “male cult prostitute” are each governed by the construct chains mibənōt yiśrāʾēl {מִבְּנוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל | mibənōt yiśrāʾēl} and mibənē yiśrāʾēl {מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל | mibənē yiśrāʾēl}, with the coordinating conjunction və-lōʾ {וְלֹא | və-lōʾ} linking the two clauses. This mirroring of clauses emphasizes the total exclusion of cultic prostitution across both genders in the Israelite community.
Root and etymology
Rootq-d-sh
“to be set apart”
In context — Deuteronomy 23:17
There shall be no female cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, and there shall be no male cult prostitute among the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 23:17:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 23:17, so the Hebrew word קָדֵשׁ (kadesh) 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.23.17.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.23.17.W6.S1) and character.