Hebrew · H6944, H1961, H3068 · unreviewed

קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיֶה לְךָ לַיהוָה

A sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity · to exist , i.e. be or become , come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary) · (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God

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קֹדֶשׁ H6944 a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

Pronunciation qōdeš

Sanctity defined by separateness from the profane; God's realm intrinsically set apart and demanding human reverence.

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הָיָה H1961 to exist , i.e. be or become , come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

Pronunciation hāyāh

Emphatic existential verb emphasizing actual occurrence or becoming; never mere grammatical copula in Hebrew thought.

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יְהֹוָה H3068 (the) self- Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah , Jewish national name of God

Pronunciation YHWH

God's self-existence and eternity marked by the covenantal name revealing His unchanging, personal relationship with Israel

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What does קֹדֶשׁ תִּהְיֶה לְךָ לַיהוָה (qōdesh tihyeh lekā laYHWH) mean in the Bible?

קֹדֶשׁ · הָיָה · יְהֹוָה is a Hebrew word meaning "a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity".

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Meaning

a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity

Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Hebrew Verb Forms

How this verb appears across 1648 occurrences in the Hebrew OT (OSHB Leningrad Codex).

Aspect / Form

Imperfect 876 Perfect 737 Infinitive construct 16 Imperative 11 Infinitive absolute 6 Participle 2

Stem

Qal 1631 Niphal 17

Mood

Indicative/jussive 755 Indicative 737 Jussive 73 Indicative/cohortative 48 Imperative 11

OT Occurrences

Aspect in Hebrew reflects grammatical form, not tense. "Perfect" (Perfective) typically denotes completed action; "Imperfect" (Imperfective) denotes incomplete or ongoing action. Stem modifies the action type (Qal=simple, Niphal=passive, Piel=intensive, etc.).

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MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

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