Joshua 15:3:9Josh.15.3.W9TAB
לְקָדֵ֣שׁ
lekadesh
“to Kadesh”
- Transliteration
- le-ka-DESH
- Extended
- leh-kah-DEHSH
- IPA
- /ləkaˈdeːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Kadesh
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-ka-DESH
- phraseyour reading level
le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a
- clause
ve-ya-TSA el-mi-NE-gev le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM ve-a-VAR tsi-NA ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a
- sentence
ve-ya-TSA el-mi-NE-gev le-ma-a-LE ak-ra-BIM ve-a-VAR tsi-NA ve-a-LA mi-NE-gev le-ka-DESH bar-NE-a ve-a-VAR khet-TSRON ve-a-LA ad-DA-ra ve-na-SAV ha-kar-KA-ah
Exegesis
The construct lekadesh barnea {לְקָדֵשׁ בַּרְנֵעַ | lə-qā-ḏēš bār-nē-ʿaʿ} ‘to Kadesh Barnea’ reveals a dual-word proper noun within a prepositional clause.
Root and etymology
q-d-shq-d-sh
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Joshua 15:3
And it went out to the south to the ascent of Akrabbim , passed over to Zin, and went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea; then it passed over to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka .
About this coordinate
Joshua 15:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Joshua 15:3, so the Hebrew word לְקָדֵ֣שׁ (lekadesh) 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 Josh.15.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.15.3.W9.S1) and character.