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קֹ֫דֶשׁ469 noun masculine apartness, sacredness (opposed to חֹל [Lev 10:10] [4]t. Ezekiel); — absolute ׳ק [Exod 3:5] +; קוֺדֶשׁ [Dan 11:30]; construct קֹדֶשׁ [Exod 30:36] +; suffix קָדְשִׁי [Lev 20:3] +, etc.; plural קָֽדָשִׁים [Exod 29:37] +, הַקֳּדָשִׁים [26:33] +; construct קָדְשֵׁי [Lev 22:15] +; suffix קָֽדָשַׁי [Ezek 22:8] [3]t., קֳדָשֶׁיךָ [Deut 12:26], קֳדָשָׁיו [Num 5:10]; [2Kin 12:19], קָֽדָשָׁיו[2Chr 15:18], etc.; —
1 apartness, sacredness, holiness, of God:
a. of divine activity, synonym majesty, בַּקֹּדֶשׁ (of victory), [Exod 15:11] (song) [Psa 68:18]; [77:14]; ק ׳זְרוֺעַ holy arm [Isa 52:10]; [Psa 98:1].
b. to attest his word as inviolable בק ׳נשׁבע [Amos 4:2]; [Psa 89:36]; compare ק ׳דִּבְרֵי [Jer 23:9], ק ׳דְּבַר [Psa 105:42].
c. of his name as sacred, inviolable, separate from all defilement, etc.: קָדְשִׁי שֵׁם [Lev 20:3]; [22:2], [32] (P), [Amos 2:7]; [1Chr 16:10], [35]; [29:16] [9]t. Ezekiel; 5t. Psalms; ק ׳זֵכֶר [Psa 30:5] = [97:12]; and so
d. קָדְשׁוֺ רוּחַ his holy Spirit [Isa 63:10-11], compare [Psa 51:13].
2 of places set apart as sacred by God's presence:
a. heavenly abode; ק ׳מעון [Deut 26:15]; [Jer 25:30]; Zechariah 2:17; [2Chr 30:27]; [Psa 68:6]; ק ׳הֵיכֵל [Micah 1:2]; [Hab 2:20]; [Jonah 2:5]; [2:8]; [Psa 11:4]; ק ׳מְרוֺם [102:20]; ק ׳זְבוּל [Isa 63:15]; ק ׳שְׁמֵי [Psa 20:7] ק ׳כסּא [47:9]; בְּקָדְשׁוֺ [150:1].
b. on earth: ק ׳אַדְמַת [Exod 3:5] (E), compare [Josh 5:15] (JE) [2Chr 8:11]; ק ׳הַר אלהים [Ezek 28:14] (compare p. 249 b).
c. (only P and Chronicles) the tabernacle and its courts [Exod 40:9]; [Num 3:28] +; tabernacle by itself [Exod 38:24]; [Lev 10:4] +; court [10:17-18], + (so הקדשׁים קדשׁ [Num 18:10]); the outer room (specific designation; ׳הַקּ) [Exod 26:33]; [28:29] +; inner room [Lev 4:6]; [16:2] +, but specific designation הקדשׁים קדשׁ [Exod 26:33-34], [1Chr 6:34]; הק ׳שֶׁקֶלshekel of the sanctuary [Exod 30:13] [24]t. P.
d. the temple and its precincts[2Chr 29:7]; [Dan 8:13] +; ק ׳שָׂרֵי [Isa 43:28]; [1Chr 24:5]; בְּקָדְשׁוֺ דכּר [Psa 60:8] = [108:8] (oracle; al. by his holiness, as בקדשׁי נשׁבעתי [89:36]), temple by itself [2Chr 29:5]; (ה)ק ׳בית [Isa 64:10]; [1Chr 29:3]; קדשׁך הֵיכַל [Psa 5:8] = [138:2]; [79:1]; ׳הַקּ outer room [1Kin 8:10] [2Chr 5:11]; courts of priests [Ezek 42:14]; [44:27] (twice in verse); קדשׁי חצרות [Isa 62:9]; inner room [Ezek 41:21], [23], specifically קדשׁך דְּבִּיר [Psa 28:2]; הקדשׁים קדשׁ [1Kin 6:16]; [7:50]; [8:6]; [2Chr 3:8], [10]; [4:22]; [5:7]; [Ezek 41:4]; הַקּ ׳לִשְׁכוֺת [42:13]; [44:19]; [46:19] (see לִשְׁכָּךְ 1c).
e. Jerusalem and its hills: קדשׁו מקום [Ezra 9:8], הק ׳עיר [Isa 48:2]; [52:1]; [Neh 11:1], [18], ׳ע קדשׁך [Dan 9:24], (ה)ק ׳הר [Isa 11:9] [6]t. Isa2; Isa3; [Jer 31:23]; [Ezek 20:40]; [Joel 2:1]; Joel 4:17; Obadiah 16; [Zeph 3:11]; [Zech 8:3]; [Dan 9:16], [20]; [11:45] [6]t. Psalms; ק ׳גְּבוּל [Psa 78:54], ק ׳הַרֲרֵי [87:1] probably also [110:3], ׳ק of city and suburbs in Messianic future [Jer 31:40]; Joel 4:17. compare
f. (ה)קדשׁ of Zion Obadiah 17; [Psa 20:3]; [24:3]; [63:3]; [68:25], ׳ק קדשׁים [Ezek 43:12]; ק ׳נְוֵה [Exod 15:13] of Zion (or Shiloh).
g. of holy land [Zeph 3:4], הק ׳אדמת Zechariah 2:16, קדשׁך עָרֵי[Isa 64:9]; future portion of priests ׳ק [Ezek 45:1] (twice in verse)+ 11 t. Ezekiel; קדשׁים קדשׁ [45:3]; [48:12]; of Levites קדשׁ [48:14].
3 things consecrated at sacred places:
a. furniture of tabernacle קדשׁים (ה) קדשׁ [Exod 30:10], [29]; [Num 4:4], [19]; altar of burnt-offering [Exod 29:37]; [40:10]; [Dan 9:24]; הק ׳ארון[2Chr 35:3].
b. sacrifices of animals [Num 18:17]; [Ezek 36:38]; [2Chr 29:33]; sacrificial food [Lev 21:22]b [Num 5:9] +; קדשׁים (ה) קדשׁ [Lev 2:3], [10]; [6:10]; [6:18]; [6:22]; [7:1], [6]; [10:12], [17]; [14:13]; [Num 18:9] (twice in verse) (all P), [Ezek 42:13] (twice in verse); [2Chr 31:14]; [Ezra 2:63] = [Neh 7:65]; tithe was קדשׁ [Lev 27:30] +, also first loaves of new harvest [23:20]; fruit of trees of 4th year [19:24].
c. any consecrated thing: || vows [Deut 12:26]; [Prov 20:25] +, house [Lev 27:14], field [27:21], [23]; treasures consecrated to treasury of tabernacle or temple [Josh 6:19] (E) [1Kin 7:51] +; consecrated things in General [Exod 28:38] (P), [Ezek 20:40]; [22:8] +; these may be קדשׁ קדשׁים (ה) [44:13], so חֵרֶם [Lev 27:28].
d. anointing oil of priest [Exod 30:25] (twice in verse) + 5 t. (P), [Psa 89:21]; incense [Exod 30:35], [37]. ׳ק קדשׁים [30:36]; shew-bread [1Sam 21:5], ׳ק (ה) קדשׁ [Lev 24:9]; compare [21:22]a (P); foretold of common articles, ׳ק ׳לי [Zech 14:20-21],. On ׳ק הקדשׁים see also Di[Exod 26:33] [Lev 21:22] Wecompare 160 f. Dr[Dan 9:24].
4 persons sacred by connection with sacred places:
a. priests [Lev 21:6]; [2Chr 23:6]; [31:18]; [Ezra 8:28], garments of priesthood [Exod 28:2], [4] [7]t. Exodus; [Lev 16:4], [32]; [Ezek 42:14], specifically of high priest ק ׳כתנת [Lev 16:4], הק ׳נֵזֶר [Exod 29:6]; [39:30]; [Lev 8:9]; inscription on head piece ליהוה קדשׁ [Exod 28:36]; [39:30].
b. of Israel, לי ׳קדשׁ [Jer 2:3], לקדשׁו היתה [Psa 114:2], קדשׁ (ה) עם [Isa 62:12]; [Dan 12:7], קדשׁך עם [Isa 63:18]; קדשׁ (ה) זֶרַע [6:13]; [Ezra 9:2]; קדשׁ אַנְשֵׁי [Exod 22:30] (R), and so spoil for their use [Isa 23:18]; holy adornment ק ׳הַדְרַת [1Chr 16:29]; [2Chr 20:21]; [Psa 29:2]; [96:9]; ק ׳הַדְרֵי [110:3] (but read הַרְרֵי see 2e; הָדָר
1); covt. between God and his people ק ׳ברית [Dan 11:28], [30] (twice in verse).
5 times consecrated to worship: שׁבת [Exod 16:23]; [31:14-15], [35:2] (P) [Neh 9:14]; of. שׁבת also ק ׳יום [Isa 58:13]; distinguished from שׁבת [Neh 10:32]; ישׁבל [Lev 25:12](P); assembly called at stated times for worship ׳ק (י) מקרא [Exod 12:16] (twice in verse) + 17 t. Leviticus 23 Numbers 28 (all P).
6 of things and persons ceremonially cleansed, and so separated as sacred; things [1Sam 21:6]; .flesh [Jer 11:15]; [Mal 2:11]; priests cleanse thus, [1Chr 23:13], [28]; להל קדשׁ (ה) בין[Ezek 22:26]; [42:20]; [44:23]; הק ׳בין החל ובין [Lev 10:10]; ׳הק דֶּרֶךְ [Isa 35:8] way of the clean; ק יְדֵכֶם ׳שְׂאוּ [Psa 134:2]; נַאֲוָהּקּֿ ׳לְבֵיתְךָ [93:5]. —
Note: קֹדֶשׁ מֵרִבְבֹת [Deut 33:2] is literally from myriads of sacredness, sacred myriads; but || suggests proper name, of a location, ᵐ5. σὺν μυριάσιν Καδής, < קָדֵשׁ מִמְּרִבַת from Maribah Kadesh Di Buhl Steuern; or (מִן omitted) to M. kadesh WeProl. 364; 3rd ed. 339; Hist. 344; see קָדֵשׁ and DrDt. P.873 f.
[קָטֹן, LagBN 26.31] verb be small, insignificant (Late Hebrew Hiph`il and derivatives, Syriac ; Old Aramaic קטין insignificant; Arabic parum edens; Ethiopic be thin, chiefly in derivatives; probably also Assyrian ku‰‰innu, small, younger, ZehnpfBAS i.505 (otherwise XlHWB323); MeissnSuppl. †atânu, be short (of hair), compare BezZA viii, 141 f.); —
Qal Perfect1singular קָטֹנְתִּי [Gen 32:11], with מִן compare, I am too insignificant for all the kindnesses; Imperfect3feminine singular בְּעֵינֶיךָ זֹאת וַתִּקְמַן [2Sam 7:19] = [1Chr 17:17].
Hiph`il literally Infinitive construct לְהַקְטִין [Amos 8:5] making ephah small.