Leviticus 16:4:2Lev.16.4.W2TAB
קֹ֜דֶשׁ
kohdesh
“holy”
- Transliteration
- KOH-desh
- Extended
- KOH-desh
- IPA
- /ˈqoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
KOH-desh
- phraseyour reading level
keh-TOH-neht-BAD KOH-desh
- clause
keh-TOH-neht-BAD KOH-desh yil-BAASH u-mikh-neh-see-BAD yih-YOO al-beh-sa-ROH u-beh-av-NET BAD yakh-GOR u-beh-mits-NEH-fet BAD yits-NOF
- sentence
keh-TOH-neht-BAD KOH-desh yil-BAASH u-mikh-neh-see-BAD yih-YOO al-beh-sa-ROH u-beh-av-NET BAD yakh-GOR u-beh-mits-NEH-fet BAD yits-NOF big-dee-KOH-desh HEM veh-RA-khats ba-MA-yim ET-beh-SA-ROH u-leh-VE-SHAHM
Exegesis
The verse opens with a construct chain of ketonet-bad {כְּתֹֽנֶת־בַּד | kə-ṯō-neṯ baḏ} ‘linen tunic’ and kodesh {קֹ֜דֶשׁ | qō·ḏěš} ‘holiness’, framing the priestly attire, and repeats with bigdei-kodesh {בִּגְדֵי־קֹ֣דֶשׁ | biɡ·dê·qō·ḏěš} ‘garments of holiness’.
Root and etymology
q-d-shq-d-sh
“set apart”
In context — Leviticus 16:4
He shall put on the sacred linen tunic , and the linen undergarments shall be upon his flesh; he shall tie with the linen sash and wrap himself with the linen turban. These are holy garments; so he shall bathe himself with water and put them on.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 16:4, so the Hebrew word קֹ֜דֶשׁ (kohdesh) 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.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.4.W2.S1) and character.