Leviticus 20:7:3Lev.20.7.W3TAB
קְדֹשִׁ֑ים
kehdohsheem
“holy”
- Transliteration
- keh-doh-SHEEM
- Extended
- keh-doh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /qə.doˈʃiːm/
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-SHEEM
- clause
veh-hit-kad-dish-TEM vih-yee-TEM keh-doh-SHEEM
- sentence
veh-hit-kad-dish-TEM vih-yee-TEM keh-doh-SHEEM KI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH eh-lo-HEI-khem
Exegesis
It links with the result clause vihyitem {וִהְיִיתֶם | wihyîtêm} ‘and you shall be’, which predicates the state of being qedoshim {קְדֹשִׁים | qᵊdôšîm} ‘holy’ upon the community.
Root and etymology
k-d-shKaf-Dalet-Shin
“to be set apart”
In context — Leviticus 20:7
And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:7:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 20:7, so the Hebrew word קְדֹשִׁ֑ים (kehdohsheem) 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.20.7.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.7.W3.S1) and character.