Leviticus 23:21:5Lev.23.21.W5TAB
מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙
mikraakohdesh
“a holy convocation”
- Transliteration
- mik-RAA-KOH-desh
- Extended
- mik-RAA-KOH-desh
- IPA
- /miq.ˈraː.ˈqoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- a holy convocation
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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
mik-RAA-KOH-desh
- clause
oo-keh-RAA-tehm beh-EH-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH mik-RAA-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM kol-meh-LEH-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-ah-SOO
- sentence
oo-keh-RAA-tehm beh-EH-TSEM ha-YOM ha-ZEH mik-RAA-KOH-desh yih-YEH la-KHEM kol-meh-LEH-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-ah-SOO khoo-KAHT o-LAM be-KHOL-mosh-vo-TEE-khem le-do-ro-TEE-khem
Exegesis
Mikra-kodesh {מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ | mik-rāʾ qō-ḏeš} ‘holy convocation’ functions as the object marking a communal sacred assembly.
Root and etymology
q-r-ʾqof-resh-aleph
“to call, proclaim”
In context — Leviticus 23:21
And you shall proclaim on this very day a holy convocation for you. You shall do no work of labor. It is a statute forever in all your dwelling places, throughout your generations .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 23:21, so the Hebrew word מִֽקְרָא־קֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ (mikraakohdesh) 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.23.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.21.W5.S1) and character.