Genesis 38:21:6Gen.38.21.W6PAT

הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה

hakkedeisha

the cult prostitute

Transliteration
hak-ke-dei-SHA
Extended
hahk-keh-dee-SHAA
IPA
/haq.qə.deːˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English
the cult prostitute
French
la prostituée sacrée
Spanish
la prostituta sagrada
Portuguese
a prostituta cultual
German
die Kultprostituierte
Russian
та культовая блудница
Arabic-Simplified
العَاهِرَةُ المُقَدَّسَةُ
Hindi
वह पवित्र वेश्या
Chinese-Simplified
那神妓
Korean
그 신전 창녀가
Indonesian
pelacur kultis itu
Bengali
সেই পবিত্র পতিতা
Tagalog
ang sagradong patutot
Swahili
kahaba wa ibada yule
Amharic
ያቺ ቅዱስ ጋለሞታ
Yoruba
asẹ́wó mímọ́ náà
Igbo
nwanyị akwụna nsọ ahụ
Twi
ɔsom mu aguamanfoɔ baa no

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Result
הַק + קְּ + דֵ + שָׁ֛ה
hak + ke + dei + sha
hakkedeisha

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Daletd as in door
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Qametslong 'ah'
Heh as in house; silent at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    hak-ke-dei-SHA

  2. phraseyour reading level

    ai-YEH hak-ke-dei-SHA

  3. clause

    va-yi-she-AL et-an-SHEI me-ko-MAH le-a-MOR ai-YEH hak-ke-dei-SHA HI va-ei-NA-yim al-had-DA-rekh

  4. sentence

    va-yi-she-AL et-an-SHEI me-ko-MAH le-a-MOR ai-YEH hak-ke-dei-SHA HI va-ei-NA-yim al-had-DA-rekh va-yo-me-RU lo-ha-ye-TA va-ZEH ke-dei-SHA

In contextGenesis 38:21

and he asked the men of her place saying where the cult prostitute she at Enaim by the road and they said there was not in this a cult prostitute

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:21:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 38:21, so the Hebrew word הַקְּדֵשָׁ֛ה (hakkedeisha) 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 Gen.38.21.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.21.W6.S1) and character.