Joshua 20:7:1Josh.20.7.W1TAB
וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ
vayakdishu
“so they set apart”
- Transliteration
- va-yak-di-SHU
- Extended
- vah-yak-dee-SHOO
- IPA
- /vaj.jaq.diˈʃuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- so they set apart
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yak-di-SHU
- clause
va-yak-di-SHU et-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL be-HAR naf-ta-LI ve-ET she-KHEM be-HAR ef-ra-YIM
- sentence
va-yak-di-SHU et-KE-desh ba-ga-LIL be-HAR naf-ta-LI ve-ET she-KHEM be-HAR ef-ra-YIM ve-ET kir-YAT ar-BA hi KHEV-ron be-HAR ye-hu-DA
Exegesis
The verse opens with the vav consecutivum on the Piel imperfect verb yaqdîšû {וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ | vāyyaqdîšû} ‘and they consecrated,’ establishing a sequence of sacred designations.
Root and etymology
q-d-šqof–dalet–shin
“to consecrate”
In context — Joshua 20:7
So they consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba —it is Hebron—in the hill country of Judah.
About this coordinate
Joshua 20:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Joshua 20:7, so the Hebrew word וַיַּקְדִּ֜שׁוּ (vayakdishu) 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.20.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.20.7.W1.S1) and character.