Numbers 16:3:9Num.16.3.W9TAB
קְדֹשִׁים
kedoshim
“are holy”
- Transliteration
- ke-do-SHIM
- Extended
- keh-doh-SHEEM
- IPA
- /qədoˈʃiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- are holy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-do-SHIM
- sentence
va-yi-ka-ha-LU al-mo-SHEH ve-al-a-ha-RON va-yo-me-RU a-le-HEM rav-la-KHEM ki-kol-ha-e-DAH ku-LAM ke-do-SHIM u-ve-to-KHAM Ye-ho-VAH u-mad-DU-a tit-na-SE-u al-ke-HAL Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The coordination ki kol haedah kullam kedoshim {כִּי כָל־הָעֵדָה֙ כֻּלָּ֣ם קְדֹשִׁים | kî kôl hāʿēḏāh kullām qĕdōšîm} emphasizes communal holiness through repetition.
Root and etymology
q-d-shq-d-sh
“to be holy, set apart”
In context — Numbers 16:3
And they assembled against Moses and against Aaron, and they said to them, “It is too much for you! For all the assembly, all of them, are holy, and in their midst is the LORD . Why then do you exalt yourselves over the LORD’s assembly ?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:3:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 16:3, so the Hebrew word קְדֹשִׁים (kedoshim) 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 Num.16.3.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.3.W9.S1) and character.