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# קָדֵשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6946

**Kadesh. Compare** — used 18 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Kadesh. Compare [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6946/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

קָדֵשׁ²: n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6946/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. (sacred; but perhaps orig. קֶדֶשׁ, and pointing artif. to disting. from ק׳ in N);— Καδης: in S. of Judah Gn 16:14 (J), 20:1 (E), in מִדְבַּר פָּארָן Nu 13:26 (P), specif. מ׳ צִן 20:1; 33:36, cf. מ׳ קָדֵשׁ ψ 29:8; on W. border of Edom Nu 20:16 (E), 33:37 (P), cf. 20:14 (E), v 22 (P), Ju 11:16, 17 (hence RobBR ii, 175, 194 sought it at ʿAin Weibeh, in W. of Arabah); long abode of Isr. during Exod. Dt 1:46; מֵי מְרִיבַת ק׳ Nu 27:14 (cf. 20:1–13), Dt 32:51 (P); Ez 47:19 (read מְרִיבַת), 48:28, cf. Dt 33:2 (v. קֹדֶשׁ ad fin.); cf. עֵין מִשְׁפָּט Gn 14:7; = ק׳ בַּרְנֵעַ (meaning of ב׳ unknown; 𝔊 K. (τοῦ) βαρνη);—Nu 32:8 (J); Dt 1:2, 19; 2:14; 9:23; Jos 10:41; 14:6, 7 (D); Nu 34:4; Jos 15:3 (P);—mod. ʿAin Ḳadîs), c. 50 miles S. of Beersheba, JRowlands (1842) v. GWilliamsHoly City, 464 f., and especially HCTrumbull (1881) kadesh Barnea, 238–321. Hittite capital on the Orontes, N. of Damascus, towards Hamath (Egyptian Ḳdš, Ḳdšụ, Ḳdšë̥, WMMAs. u. Eur. 213 ff.);—2 S 24:6 𝔊L We Dr Kit Bu Löhr, reading אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים קָדֵ֫שָׁה for MT א׳ תַּחְתִּים חָדְשִׁי (הַחִתִּים already HiGesch. Isr. i. 29; קָדֵ֫שָׁה Th, קֶ֫דְשָׁה Klo, of קֶדֶשׁ in Napht.); HPS doubts.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Kadesh (13); \[is\] Kadesh (2); to (2).

## In the verses

[Psalms 29:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.29.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.29.8/#tree)

ק֣וֹל יְ֭הוָה יָחִ֣יל מִדְבָּ֑ר יָחִ֥יל יְ֝הוָ֗ה מִדְבַּ֥ר קָדֵֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* the.voice of.Yahweh it.causes.to.tremble \[the\].wilderness he.causes.to.tremble Yahweh the.wilderness of.Kadesh

*JPS 1917:* The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.

[Deuteronomy 1:46](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.46/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.1.46/#tree)

וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ בְקָדֵ֖שׁ יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים כַּיָּמִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.remained at Kadesh days many like the days which you.remained

*JPS 1917:* So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6946.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6946/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).