Leviticus 16:23:11Lev.16.23.W11TAB
אֶל־הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
elhakodesh
“into the holy place”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-KO-desh
- Extended
- el-hah-KOH-desh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haq.ˈqoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- into the holy place
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-ha-KO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
be-vo-O el-ha-KO-desh
- clause
oo-VA a-ha-RON el-O-HEL mo-ED oo-fa-SHAT et-big-DEI ha-BAD a-SHER la-VASH be-vo-O el-ha-KO-desh
- sentence
oo-VA a-ha-RON el-O-HEL mo-ED oo-fa-SHAT et-big-DEI ha-BAD a-SHER la-VASH be-vo-O el-ha-KO-desh ve-hi-ni-KHAM SHAM
Exegesis
The infinitive phrase bevo’o el hakodesh {בְּבֹא֣וֹ אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ | bə-ḇō-ʼō ʼel haq-qō-ḏēš} ‘in entering the holy place’ functions temporally.
Root and etymology
Rootqof-dalet-shin
“set apart, holy”
In context — Leviticus 16:23
Then Aaron shall enter the tent of meeting and remove the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the holy place, and he shall leave them there.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:23:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 16:23, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (elhakodesh) 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 Lev.16.23.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.23.W11.S1) and character.