Numbers 20:14:4Num.20.14.W4TAB
מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ
mikkadesh
“from Kadesh”
- Transliteration
- mik-ka-DESH
- Extended
- mihk-kah-DEHSH
- IPA
- /miq.qaˈdeʃ/
Meaning by language
- English
- from Kadesh
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Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot |
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The word
Word in context
- word
mik-ka-DESH
- clause
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM mik-ka-DESH el-ME-lekh e-DOM
- sentence
va-yish-LAKH mo-SHEH mal-a-KHIM mik-ka-DESH el-ME-lekh e-DOM KOH a-MAR a-KHI-kha yis-ra-EL a-TA ya-DAT-ta ET kol-hat-te-la-AH a-SHER me-tsa-AT-nu
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase miqqādeš {מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ | miqqādeš} ‘from Kadesh’ marks the departure point, followed by el-melekh {אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ | ʾel-meleḵ} ‘to the king’ specifying the addressee.
Root and etymology
Q-D-Šqof-dalet-shin
“to be holy, consecrate”
In context — Numbers 20:14
From Kadesh Moses sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “This is what your brother Israel says: you know about all the hardship that has come upon us.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 20:14:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 20:14, so the Hebrew word מִקָּדֵ֖שׁ (mikkadesh) 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.20.14.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.20.14.W4.S1) and character.