Leviticus 23:35:3Lev.23.35.W3TAB

מִקְרָא־קֹ֑דֶשׁ

mikrahkohdesh

holy convocation

Transliteration
mik-rah-KOH-desh
Extended
mik-rah-KOH-desh
IPA
/miq.raˈqoː.ðɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
holy convocation

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
מִקְ + רָא + קֹ֑ + דֶשׁ
mik + rah + koh + desh
mikrahkohdesh

Alphabet Analysis

Memm as in mother
Hireq'ee' as in machine
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevasilent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Daletd as in door
Segholshort 'eh' as in met
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    mik-rah-KOH-desh

  2. clause

    ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON mik-rah-KOH-desh

  3. sentence

    ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON mik-rah-KOH-desh kol-me-LE-khet a-vo-DAH LO ta-a-SU

Exegesis

The construct-chain miqrāʾ-qōdeš {מִקְרָא־קֹדֶשׁ | miqrāʾ-qō-deš} forms a nominal unit denoting a summoned holy convocation.

Root and etymology

kodeshqō-deš

holy, set apart

In contextLeviticus 23:35

On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly ; you shall do no work of service.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 23:35:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Leviticus 23:35, so the Hebrew word מִקְרָא־קֹ֑דֶשׁ (mikrahkohdesh) 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.23.35.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.35.W3.S1) and character.