Judges 17:3:8Judg.17.3.W8TAB
הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי
hikdashetti
“I have dedicated”
- Transliteration
- hik-da-SHET-ti
- Extended
- hik-dah-SHEHT-tih
- IPA
- /hiq.daʃˈtːiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I have dedicated
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
hik-da-SHET-ti
- phraseyour reading level
hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI
- clause
va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
- sentence
va-ya-SHEV et-E-lef-u-ME-a ha-KE-sef le-i-MO va-to-MER i-MO hak-DEsh hik-da-SHET-ti et-ha-KE-sef la-Ye-ho-VAH mi-ya-DI liv-NE la-a-SOT PE-sel u-mas-se-KHA ve-a-TA a-shi-VE-nu LAKH
Exegesis
Dialogue begins with vav-consecutive in vatōmer immōw {וַתֹּאמֶר אִמּוֹ | wattōmer immōw} “and his mother said,” followed by the emphatic infinitive absolute + perfect in haqqedēš hiqqad(a)štî {הַקְדֵּשׁ הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי | haqqedēš hiqqad(a)štî} “Dedicating I have dedicated.”
Root and etymology
q-d-shq-d-sh
“to consecrate, set apart”
In context — Judges 17:3
And he returned the one thousand one hundred pieces of silver to his mother. Then his mother said, “Dedicating I have dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son to make an image and a cast idol. Now I will return it to you.”
About this coordinate
Judges 17:3:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Judges 17:3, so the Hebrew word הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי (hikdashetti) 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 Judg.17.3.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.3.W8.S1) and character.