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Isaiah 66:17
“They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Lord.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6942 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), [idiom] wholly.
- Grammar
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מִּתְקַדְּשִׁ֨ים — verb Hithpael, active participle, masculine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 173 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:3Exodus 13:2Exodus 19:10Exodus 19:14Exodus 19:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָדַשׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.