Leviticus 16:3:4Lev.16.3.W4TAB
אֶל־הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
elhakodesh
“into the Holy Place”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-KO-desh
- Extended
- ehl-hah-KOH-desh
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.haq.ˈqoː.deʃ/
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
- clause
be-ZOT ya-VO a-ha-RON el-ha-KO-desh
- sentence
be-ZOT ya-VO a-ha-RON el-ha-KO-desh be-FAR ben-ba-KAR le-kha-TAT ve-A-yil le-o-LAH
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase el-hakodesh {אֶל־הַקֹּדֶשׁ | ʾel-hak-qō-ḏēš} ‘into the holy place’ functions as the goal of motion.
Root and etymology
q-d-shq-d-sh
“holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 16:3
With this Aaron shall enter the holy place with a bull and a son of the herd for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 16:3, 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.16.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.3.W4.S1) and character.