Exodus 30:13:8Exod.30.13.W8TAB
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
hakodesh
“sanctuary”
- Transliteration
- ha-KO-desh
- Extended
- hah-KOH-dehsh
- IPA
- /haˈqoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- sanctuary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-KO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
- clause
ZEH yit-te-NU kol-ha-o-VER al-ha-pe-ku-DEEM ma-kha-TSIT ha-SHE-kel be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
- sentence
ZEH yit-te-NU kol-ha-o-VER al-ha-pe-ku-DEEM ma-kha-TSIT ha-SHE-kel be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh es-RIM GE-ra ha-SHE-kel ma-kha-TSIT ha-SHE-kel te-ru-MAH la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct bə·shekel ha-qodesh {בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ | bə·še·qel ha·qō·ḏeš} defines the cultic weight standard, further detailed by ‘esrim gerah {עֶשְׂרִים גֵּרָה | ‘e·śrîm gē·rāh} as twenty gerahs per shekel.
Root and etymology
Rootk-d-š
“holy”
In context — Exodus 30:13
This is the required contribution for each person registered: half a shekel by the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs, delivered as a consecrated offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Exodus 30:13:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 30:13, so the Hebrew word הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (hakodesh) 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.30.13.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.30.13.W8.S1) and character.