לְקַדֵּשׁ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לְקַדֵּשׁ֙

   le-kad-DESH

   to set apart as holy
2. clause🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמְע֜וּ אֵלַ֗י לְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וּלְבִלְתִּ֣י שְׂאֵ֣ת מַשָּׂ֗א וּבֹ֛א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת

   ve-im-LO tish-me-U e-LAI le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT u-le-vil-TI se-ET ma-SA u-VO be-sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

   and if not you listen to me to set apart as holy day the Sabbath and to not carrying a load or burden and entering in the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath
3. sentence🔊 וְאִם־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמְע֜וּ אֵלַ֗י לְקַדֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־י֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת וּלְבִלְתִּ֣י שְׂאֵ֣ת מַשָּׂ֗א וּבֹ֛א בְּשַׁעֲרֵ֥י יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם בְּי֣וֹם הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת וְהִצַּ֧תִּי אֵ֣שׁ בִּשְׁעָרֶ֗יהָ וְאָֽכְלָ֛ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם וְלֹ֥א תִכְבֶּֽה׃

   ve-im-LO tish-me-U e-LAI le-kad-DESH et-YOM ha-sha-BAT u-le-vil-TI se-ET ma-SA u-VO be-sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LIM be-YOM ha-sha-BAT ve-hit-TSAT-ti ESH bi-she-a-RE-ha ve-AKH-la ar-me-NOT ye-ru-sha-LIM ve-LO tikh-BE

   and if not you listen to me to set apart as holy day the Sabbath and to not carrying a load or burden and entering in the gates of Jerusalem on the day of the Sabbath then I will kindle fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not it will be quenched

Exegesis

The infinitive leqaddesh {לְקַדֵּשׁ | lə-qad-dēsh} “to sanctify” states the positive Sabbath charge, paralleled by u-lebilti se’et massa u-vo {וּלְבִלְתִּי שְׂאֵת מַשָּׂא וּבֹא | û-lə-ḇil-tî śə-’ēṯ maś-śā’ û-ḇō} “and in order not to carry a burden or to enter,” defining the prohibitions.

Root and etymology

ק־ד־שׁ🔊 q-d-š

“to be holy, set apart”

• 🔊 קֹדֶשׁqodashholyLeviticus 19:2