Leviticus 20:26:5Lev.20.26.W5TAB
קָד֖וֹשׁ
kadosh
“holy”
- Transliteration
- ka-DOSH
- Extended
- kah-DOHSH
- IPA
- /qa.ˈdoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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Word in context
- word
ka-DOSH
- phraseyour reading level
KI ka-DOSH
- 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 conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} introduces a causal clause that parallels divine character in the emphatic verbless statement kadosh ani YHWH {קָד֖וֹשׁ אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֑ה | qādôš ʾănî Yəhōwāh}.
Root and etymology
q-d-shQof, Dalet, Shin
“to be holy, 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 20:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 20:26, so the Hebrew word קָד֖וֹשׁ (kadosh) 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.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.26.W5.S1) and character.