Leviticus 22:2:5Lev.22.2.W5TAB
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֣י
mikadshei
“from the holy things”
- Transliteration
- mi-kad-SHEI
- Extended
- mih-kahd-SHEE
- IPA
- /mikːadˈʃeː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the holy things
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
mi-kad-SHEI
- phraseyour reading level
mi-kad-SHEI be-NEI-yis-ra-EL
- clause
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-yin-naz-RU mi-kad-SHEI be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kad-SHI
- sentence
da-BER el-a-ha-RON ve-el-ba-NAV ve-yin-naz-RU mi-kad-SHEI be-NEI-yis-ra-EL ve-LO ye-khal-le-LU et-SHEM kad-SHI a-SHER HEM mak-di-SHEEM LI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The Nifal imperfect ve-yinnazru {וְיִנָּֽזְרוּ | wə-yinnāzərū} ‘and let them separate themselves’ forms an injunction of abstention, referencing mi-kadshei benei-yisrael {מִקָּדְשֵׁי בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל | mīqqāḏšê bnê yiśrāʼēl} ‘from the holy things of the sons of Israel’ as its domain.
Root and etymology
ק־ד־שk-d-sh
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 22:2
Speak to Aaron and to his sons, and let them keep themselves apart from the holy things of the sons of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name, which they sanctify to Me. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 22:2, so the Hebrew word מִקָּדְשֵׁ֣י (mikadshei) 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.22.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.2.W5.S1) and character.