Numbers 18:9:13Num.18.9.W13TAB
קֹ֣דֶשׁ
kodesh
“most holy”
- Transliteration
- KO-desh
- Extended
- KOH-desh
- IPA
- /ˈkoː.dɛʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- most holy
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
- phraseyour reading level
KO-desh ka-da-SHIM le-KHA
- clause
kol-kar-ba-NAM le-KHOL-min-kha-TAM ul-KHOL-khat-ta-TAM ul-KHOL-a-sha-MAM a-SHER ya-shi-VOO li KO-desh ka-da-SHIM le-KHA HU ul-va-NE-kha
- sentence
ze-YIH-yeh le-KHA mik-KO-desh hak-ko-da-SHIM min-ha-ESH kol-kar-ba-NAM le-KHOL-min-kha-TAM ul-KHOL-khat-ta-TAM ul-KHOL-a-sha-MAM a-SHER ya-shi-VOO li KO-desh ka-da-SHIM le-KHA HU ul-va-NE-kha
Exegesis
The doubling kodesh qadashim {קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים | qōdeš qāḏāšîm} ‘holy of holies’ intensifies sanctity.
Root and etymology
q-d-shqof-dalet-shin
“to be set apart”
In context — Numbers 18:9
This shall be yours from the most holy things , reserved from the fire: all their offerings, all their grain offerings, all their sin offerings, and all their guilt offerings which they bring to Me . They shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
About this coordinate
Numbers 18:9:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Numbers 18:9, so the Hebrew word קֹ֣דֶשׁ (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 Num.18.9.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.18.9.W13.S1) and character.