Leviticus 20:26:3Lev.20.26.W3TAB
קְדֹשִׁ֔ים
kehdohshim
“holy”
- Transliteration
- keh-doh-SHIM
- Extended
- keh-doh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /qə.do.ˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
keh-doh-SHIM
- clause
vih-YEE-tem LI keh-doh-SHIM KI ka-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
vih-YEE-tem LI keh-doh-SHIM KI ka-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH va-av-DIL et-KHEM min-ha-a-MIM lih-YOT LI
Exegesis
The verbless expression li qedoshim {לִי קְדֹשִׁים | lî qĕḏôšîm} asserts Israel’s identity as ‘holy to me’.
Root and etymology
k-d-shKaf-Dalet-Shin
“to be set apart”
In context — Leviticus 20:26
And you shall be holy to Me, for I, the LORD , am holy; and I have set you apart from the nations, to be Mine.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:26, so the Hebrew word קְדֹשִׁ֔ים (kehdohshim) 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.20.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.26.W3.S1) and character.