Numbers 18:16:9Num.18.16.W9TAB
הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ
hakodesh
“of the sanctuary”
- Transliteration
- ha-KO-desh
- Extended
- hah-KOH-desh
- IPA
- /haˈkoːdɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- of the sanctuary
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
ha-KO-desh
- phraseyour reading level
be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
- clause
u-fe-du-YAV mi-BEN-KHO-desh tif-DEH be-er-ke-KHA KE-sef kha-ME-shet she-ka-LIM be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh
- sentence
u-fe-du-YAV mi-BEN-KHO-desh tif-DEH be-er-ke-KHA KE-sef kha-ME-shet she-ka-LIM be-SHE-kel ha-KO-desh es-RIM ge-RAH HU
Exegesis
Beshekel ha-kodesh {בְּשֶׁקֶל הַקֹּדֶשׁ | bəšeḵel haqqōdeš} ‘by a sanctuary shekel’ defines the cultic weight standard.
Root and etymology
RootQof-Dalet-Shin
“to be set apart”
In context — Numbers 18:16
And their redemption price you shall set from a month old, at your valuation , with silver five shekels by the sanctuary shekel ; it is twenty gerahs.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:16:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 18:16, so the Hebrew word הַקֹּ֑דֶשׁ (hakodesh) 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.18.16.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.16.W9.S1) and character.