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
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-rah-KOH-desh
- clause
ba-YOM ha-ri-SHON mik-rah-KOH-desh
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.