Numbers 16:7:5Num.16.7.W5TAB
יְהוָה הוּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ
yehovah hu hakadosh
“the LORD, he is the holy one”
- Transliteration
- ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ka-DOSH
- Extended
- yeh-ho-VAH HOO hah-kah-DOSH
- IPA
- /jəhoˈvaː hu haqːaˈdoːʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the LORD, he is the holy one
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ka-DOSH
- sentence
u-te-NU-va-HEN ESH ve-SI-mu-a-LE-hen ke-TO-ret lif-NEI ye-ho-VAH ma-KHAR ve-ha-YA ha-ISH a-SHER-yiv-KHAR ye-ho-VAH HU ha-ka-DOSH RAV-la-KHEM be-NEI-LE-vi
Exegesis
Fire (esh {אֵ֡שׁ | ʾêš}) is placed in the pans (behem {בָהֵ֣ן | ba-hên}) and incense (ketoret {קְטֹ֜רֶת | qə-ṭō-ret}) upon them (aleihen {עֲלֵיהֶ֨ן | ʿa-lê-hen}), while lifnei {לִפְנֵ֤י | li-pə-nê} ‘before’ frames the act at the divine presence YHWH {יְהוָה֙ | Yə-hō-wāh}.
The vav + perfect vehayah {וְהָיָ֗ה | wə-hā-yāh} ‘and it will be’ introduces a relative clause led by asher {אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾă-šer} ‘who’ and yivchar {יִבְחַ֥ר | yiv-ḥar} ‘will choose’, culminating in the emphatic hu {ה֣וּא | hū} ‘he’ and predicate nominal ha-kadosh {הַקָּד֑וֹשׁ | ha-qā-ḏôš} ‘the holy’.
Root and etymology
ק־ד־ש
“set apart”
In context — Numbers 16:7
You shall place fire in them and set incense upon them before the LORD tomorrow, and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be holy . It is too much for you, sons of Levi.
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:7:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 16:7, so the Hebrew word יְהוָה הוּא הַקָּדוֹשׁ (yehovah hu hakadosh) 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.16.7.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.7.W5.S1) and character.