Exodus 15:17:9Exod.15.17.W9TAB
מִקְּדָ֕שׁ
mikdash
“sanctuary”
- Transliteration
- mik-DASH
- Extended
- mik-DAASH
- IPA
- /miq.ˈdaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sanctuary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-DASH
- clause
mik-DASH a-do-NAI ko-ne-NU ya-de-KHA
- sentence
te-vi-E-mo ve-ti-ta-E-mo be-HAR na-kha-LAT-kha ma-KHON le-shiv-TE-kha pa-AL-ta Ye-ho-VAH mik-DASH a-do-NAI ko-ne-NU ya-de-KHA
Exegesis
The perfect verb pa’alta {פָּעַ֖לְתָּ | p̣ā-ʿal-tā} ‘You made’ introduces the locative phrases into the result clause, with the noun mikdash {מִקְּדָ֕שׁ | miq-qā-ḏā-š} ‘sanctuary’ and the perfect konennu {כוֹנְנ֥וּ | kōn-nə-nū} ‘have established’ with subject yadekha {יָדֶֽיךָ | yā-ḏé-ḵā}, highlighting the completed divine act and covenantal presence, balanced with Hebrew parallelism and English readability.
Root and etymology
qof–dalet–shin
“to be holy”
In context — Exodus 15:17
You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance, the place for Your dwelling that You made, the sanctuary that Your hands have established, LORD , Lord .
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:17:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 15:17, so the Hebrew word מִקְּדָ֕שׁ (mikdash) 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 Exod.15.17.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.17.W9.S1) and character.