Leviticus 23:2:11Lev.23.2.W11TAB
קֹ֑דֶשׁ
kodesh
“holy”
- Transliteration
- KO-desh
- Extended
- KOH-desh
- IPA
- /ˈkoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
mik-ra-EI KO-desh
- clause
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM mo-e-DEI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-tihk-re-OO o-TAM mik-ra-EI KO-desh
- sentence
da-BER el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-a-mar-TA a-le-HEM mo-e-DEI Ye-ho-VAH a-SHER-tihk-re-OO o-TAM mik-ra-EI KO-desh E-le HEM mo-e-DAAI
Exegesis
The relative clause asher tikre'u ʾôtām mikra'ei kodesh {אֲשֶׁר־תִּקְרְא֥וּ אֹתָ֖ם מִקְרָאֵ֣י קֹ֑דֶשׁ | ʾă-šer tik-kər-ē-ʾû ʾô-tām mik-kə-rāʾ-êy qō-ḏēš} mandates that Israel call them “holy convocations.”
Root and etymology
q-d-šqof-dalet-shin
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 23:2
Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, “The appointed times of the LORD , which you shall proclaim as holy convocations , are My appointed times.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 23:2, so the Hebrew word קֹ֑דֶשׁ (kodesh) 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.23.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.2.W11.S1) and character.