Genesis 2:3:5Gen.2.3.W5TAB
וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ
vayekaddesh
“{And} He sanctified”
- Transliteration
- va-ye-kad-DESH
- Extended
- vah-yeh-kad-DEHSH
- IPA
- /waj.jə.qad.ˈdeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- {And} He sanctified
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
va-ye-kad-DESH
- clause
va-ye-VA-rekh e-lo-HIM et-YOM ha-she-vee-EE va-ye-kad-DESH o-TO
- sentence
va-ye-VA-rekh e-lo-HIM et-YOM ha-she-vee-EE va-ye-kad-DESH o-TO KI VO sha-VAT mi-kol-meh-lakh-TO a-sher-ba-RA e-lo-HIM la-a-SOT
Exegesis
The object marker et {אֶת־ | ʾeṯ} introduces the direct object yom hasheviʾi {יוֹם הַשְּבִיעִי | yôm haš-šə-ḇî-ʿî}, which is then the focus of the coordinated wayyiqtol verb vayekadeš {וַיְקַדֵּשׁ | way-qa-dēš}, forming a parallelism of blessing and sanctification on the seventh day.
Root and etymology
q-d-sh
“to be holy, to set apart”
In context — Genesis 2:3
And God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it , because on it He rested from all His work—what God had created to do.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 2:3, so the Hebrew word וַיְקַדֵּ֖שׁ (vayekaddesh) 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 Gen.2.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.3.W5.S1) and character.