Leviticus 27:21:5Lev.27.21.W5TAB
קֹ֛דֶשׁ
kodesh
“holy thing”
- Transliteration
- KO-desh
- Extended
- KOH-dehsh
- IPA
- /ˈqoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- holy thing
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
- clause
veh-hah-YAA ha-sa-DEH beh-tseh-TO ba-yoh-VEL KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH kis-DEH ha-HE-rem
- sentence
veh-hah-YAA ha-sa-DEH beh-tseh-TO ba-yoh-VEL KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH kis-DEH ha-HE-rem la-ko-HEN tih-YEH a-khoo-zah-TO
Exegesis
The predicate kodesh laYHWH {קֹדֶשׁ לַיהוָה | qō-ḏeš la-YHWH} ‘holy to the LORD’ marks a new sacred status.
Root and etymology
Rootq-d-sh
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Leviticus 27:21
And the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, like a field wholly dedicated; it shall belong to the priest as his possession.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 27:21:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 27:21, so the Hebrew word קֹ֛דֶשׁ (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.27.21.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.27.21.W5.S1) and character.