Genesis 38:22:12Gen.38.22.W12PAT

קְדֵשָֽׁה׃

kedesha

a cult prostitute

Transliteration
ke-de-SHA
Extended
keh-dee-SHAA
IPA
/qə.deː.ˈʃaː/

Meaning by language

English
a cult prostitute
French
une prostituée sacrée
Spanish
una prostituta sagrada
Portuguese
uma prostituta cultual
German
eine Kultprostituierte
Russian
культовая блудница
Arabic-Simplified
زَانِيَةٌ طُقُوسِيَّةٌ
Hindi
एक मंदिर-वेश्या
Chinese-Simplified
一个庙妓
Korean
한 신전 창녀
Indonesian
seorang pelacur kultis
Bengali
এক জন মন্দির-পতিতা
Tagalog
isang babaeng patutot na pangkulto
Swahili
kahaba wa ibada
Amharic
አንዲት የመቅደስ ጋለሞታ
Yoruba
àgbèrè ojúbọ kan
Igbo
nwanyị akwụna nsọ
Twi
ɔsom mu ɔbaa dwamanfoɔ

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Result
קְ + דֵ + שָֽׁה׃
ke + de + sha
kedesha

Alphabet Analysis

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

    ke-de-SHA

  2. clause

    ve-GAM a-ne-SHEI ha-ma-KOM a-me-RU lo-ha-ye-TA va-ZE ke-de-SHA

  3. sentence

    va-ya-SHAV el-ye-hu-DA va-yo-MER LO me-tsa-TI-ha ve-GAM a-ne-SHEI ha-ma-KOM a-me-RU lo-ha-ye-TA va-ZE ke-de-SHA

In contextGenesis 38:22

and he returned to Judah and he said not I found her and also men of the place they said was not in this a cult prostitute

About this coordinate

Genesis 38:22:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Genesis 38:22, so the Hebrew word קְדֵשָֽׁה׃ (kedesha) 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.38.22.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.38.22.W12.S1) and character.