Leviticus 21:12:7Lev.21.12.W7TAB
מִקְדַּ֣שׁ
mikdash
“the sanctuary”
- Transliteration
- mik-DASH
- Extended
- mik-DAASH
- IPA
- /miqˈdaːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sanctuary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-DASH
- phraseyour reading level
mik-DASH e-lo-HAV
- clause
oo-min-hah-mik-DASH LO ye-TSE ve-LO ye-khal-LEL ET mik-DASH e-lo-HAV
- sentence
oo-min-hah-mik-DASH LO ye-TSE ve-LO ye-khal-LEL ET mik-DASH e-lo-HAV KI NE-zer SHE-men mish-KHAT e-lo-HAV a-LAV a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The construct chain miqdash ʾĕlōhāyōw {מִקְדַּשׁ אֱלֹהָיו | miḳ·daš ʾĕ·lō·hā·yōw} ‘sanctuary of his God’ expresses possession.
Root and etymology
ק־ד־ש
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 21:12
And he shall not go out from the sanctuary, nor desecrate the sanctuary of his God; for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 21:12, so the Hebrew word מִקְדַּ֣שׁ (mikdash) 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.21.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.12.W7.S1) and character.