Psalm 15:1:8Ps.15.1.W8TAB
קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃
kodshekha
“of your holiness”
- Transliteration
- kod-SHE-kha
- Extended
- kohd-SHEH-kha
- IPA
- /qɔdˈʃɛkʰaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- of your holiness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
kod-SHE-kha
- phraseyour reading level
be-HAR kod-SHE-kha
- clause
MI-yish-KON be-HAR kod-SHE-kha
- sentence
miz-MOR le-da-VID ye-ho-VAH MI-ya-GUR be-o-ha-le-KHA MI-yish-KON be-HAR kod-SHE-kha
Exegesis
The prepositional phrases bə-ʾāhôlêḵā {בְּאָהֳלֶ֑ךָ | bə-ʾā-hô-lê-ḵā} “in Your tent” and bə-har qô-ḏ-šêḵā {בְּהַ֣ר קָדְשֶֽׁךָ | bə-har qō-ḏ-šê-ḵā} “on Your holy hill” form parallel construct chains that underscore divine possession and the exclusivity of access to God’s presence.
Root and etymology
Rootqof–dalet–shin
“holy, set apart”
In context — Psalm 15:1
A Psalm of David. LORD , who may be a guest in Your tent ? Who may make his home on Your holy hill?
About this coordinate
Psalm 15:1:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Psalm 15:1, so the Hebrew word קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (kodshekha) 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 Ps.15.1.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Ps.15.1.W8.S1) and character.