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Leviticus 21:8

“Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the Lord, which sanctify you, am holy.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

קָדַשׁqâdash · kaw-dash'
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: וְ — conjunction
קִדַּשְׁתּ֔ — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular
וֹ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vpq2ms/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 173 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:3 Exodus 13:2 Exodus 19:10 Exodus 19:14 Exodus 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.

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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.