Leviticus 21:22:3Lev.21.22.W3TAB
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י
mihkadshee
“from the most holy”
- Transliteration
- mih-kad-SHEE
- Extended
- mih-kahd-SHEE
- IPA
- /mikːadˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the most holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mih-kad-SHEE
- clause
LE-khem e-lo-HAV mih-kad-SHEE ha-koh-da-SHEEM
- sentence
LE-khem e-lo-HAV mih-kad-SHEE ha-koh-da-SHEEM u-min-hak-koh-da-SHEEM yo-KHEL
Exegesis
The phrases miqqodshei haqqodashim {מִקָּדְשֵׁי הַקֳּדָשִׁים | mî-qqō-dšê ha-qqō-ḏā-šîm} ‘from the most holy things’ and u-min-haqqodashim {וּמִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁים | wû-min-qō-ḏā-šîm} ‘and from the holy things’ form a parallel merismus that delineates two levels of cultic sanctity.
Root and etymology
q-d-šq-d-š
“holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 21:22
He may eat the bread of his God from the most holy offerings and from the holy offerings.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:22:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 21:22, so the Hebrew word מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י (mihkadshee) 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.21.22.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.22.W3.S1) and character.