Leviticus 22:3:7Lev.22.3.W7TAB
אֶל־הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙
elhakohdashim
“to the holy things”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-koh-da-SHIM
- Extended
- EHL-ha-koh-dah-SHEEM
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.hak.kɔdaˈʃim/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the holy things
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Hateph Qamets | reduced 'oh' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
el-ha-koh-da-SHIM
- clause
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV
- sentence
e-MOR a-le-HEM le-do-ro-TEI-khem kol-EESH a-sher-yik-RAV mi-KOHL-zar-ah-KHEM el-ha-koh-da-SHIM a-SHER yak-DEE-SHOO veh-NEI-yis-ra-EL la-ye-ho-VAH veh-TOOM-ah-TOH a-LAV veh-nikh-re-TAH ha-NE-fesh ha-HI mil-le-fa-NAI a-NI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The subsequent clause elhakodashim asher yakdishu {אֶל-הַקֳּדָשִׁים אֲשֶׁר יַקְדִּישׁוּ | ʾel-hak-qō-dā-šîm ʾă-šer yaq-dî-šû} ‘to the holy things which they consecrate’ emphasizes communal dedication.
Root and etymology
Rootq-d-š
“to be holy”
In context — Leviticus 22:3
Say to them, “For your generations every man who draws near from among any of your offspring to the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate to the LORD , while his uncleanness is upon him — that soul shall be cut off from before Me . I am the LORD.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 22:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 22:3, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַקֳּדָשִׁים֙ (elhakohdashim) 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.22.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.3.W7.S1) and character.