Leviticus 21:8:6Lev.21.8.W6TAB
קָדֹשׁ֙
kadosh
“holy”
- Transliteration
- KA-DOSH
- Extended
- KAA-DOHSH
- IPA
- /ˈqaː.doːʃ/
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 | |
| 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
- clause
KA-DOSH yih-yeh-LAKH KI KA-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH meh-ka-DISH-khem
- sentence
veh-ki-DASH-TO ki-ET-LE-khem e-lo-HE-kha HU mak-RIV KA-DOSH yih-yeh-LAKH KI KA-DOSH a-NI Ye-ho-VAH meh-ka-DISH-khem
Exegesis
The verse begins with veqiddashto {וְקִדַּשְׁתּ֔וֹ | wə-qid-dāš-tō} ‘and you shall sanctify him’, an imperative instruction in Piel perfect with vav consecutive that calls Israel to consecrate the priest.
The second ki {כִּ֣י | kî} again marks causality, this time grounded in divine holiness proclaimed by ani YHWH mekaddishkhem {אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מְקַדִּשְׁכֶֽם | ʾă-nî Yə-hō-wāh mê-qad-dî-šə-khem} ‘I, the LORD, sanctify you’, where the Piel participle mekaddishkhem underscores God’s active sanctifying. English rendering mirrors the Hebrew’s imperative–causal structure while highlighting priestly function and divine authority in holiness.
Root and etymology
q-d-sh
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 21:8
And you shall sanctify him, because he offers the bread of your God . He shall be holy to you, because I, the LORD , am holy, and I sanctify you.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 21:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Leviticus 21:8, so the Hebrew word קָדֹשׁ֙ (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.21.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.21.8.W6.S1) and character.