Leviticus 25:12:4Lev.25.12.W4TAB

קֹ֖דֶשׁ

kohdesh

holy

Transliteration
KOH-desh
Extended
KOH-dehsh
IPA
/ˈqoː.dɛʃ/

Meaning by language

English
holy

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Result
קֹ֖ + דֶשׁ
koh + desh
kohdesh

Alphabet Analysis

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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Word in context

  1. word

    KOH-desh

  2. clause

    KI yoh-VEL HI KOH-desh tih-YEH la-KHEM

  3. sentence

    KI yoh-VEL HI KOH-desh tih-YEH la-KHEM min-ha-sa-DEH tokh-LU et-teh-VOO-ah-TAH

Exegesis

The nominal equative construction yôḇēl hî qôḏēš lā-khem {יוֹבֵל הִוא קֹדֶשׁ לָכֶם | yô-ḇēl hiʾ qô-ḏēš lā-khem} presents the jubilee as a consecrated time for the community.

Root and etymology

q-d-shqof–dalet–shin

to be set apart; sacred

In contextLeviticus 25:12

For it is a jubilee; it will be holy for you. From the field, you will eat its produce.

About this coordinate

Leviticus 25:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Leviticus 25:12, so the Hebrew word קֹ֖דֶשׁ (kohdesh) 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.25.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.25.12.W4.S1) and character.