Numbers 19:20:11Num.19.20.W11TAB
אֶת־מִקְדַּ֨שׁ
etmikdash
“the sanctuary of”
- Transliteration
- ET-mik-DASH
- Extended
- EET-mik-DAHSH
- IPA
- /ˈʔeːt mikˈdaʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- the sanctuary of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ET-mik-DASH
- phraseyour reading level
KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH
- clause
KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU
- sentence
ve-ISH a-SHER-yit-MA ve-LO yit-khat-TA ve-nikh-re-TA ha-NE-fesh ha-HU mit-TOkh ha-ka-HAL KI ET-mik-DASH Ye-ho-VAH ti-ME MEI nid-DA lo-zo-RAK a-LAV ta-ME HU
Exegesis
The conjunction kî {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the clause et-miqdash YHWH {אֶת־מִקְדַּשׁ יְהוָה | ʾet-miḳ-dāš Yə-hō-wāh} ‘the sanctuary of the LORD,’ detailed by the Piel perfect ṭim-mēʾ {טִמֵּא | ṭim-mēʾ} ‘he has defiled.’
Root and etymology
qōp–dalet–shin
“to be holy”
In context — Numbers 19:20
And any man who becomes unclean and does not purify himself shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD ; the water of impurity was not sprinkled upon him; he is unclean.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:20:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Numbers 19:20, so the Hebrew word אֶת־מִקְדַּ֨שׁ (etmikdash) 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.19.20.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.20.W11.S1) and character.