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title: מִקְדָּשׁ — sacred place · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מִקְדָּשׁ (4720), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 75 times: sacred place. BDB 1906: n.m. Pi. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מִקְדָּשׁ

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«מִקְדָּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sacred place** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 75 times · **Key:** 4720 · **BDB:** מִקְדָּשׁ²

### Glosses

sanctuary (43); the.sanctuary (13); sanctuaries (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sacred place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4720/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. Pi. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4720/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Am 7:9 sacred place, sanctuary;—מ׳ Ex 25:8 +; מִקְדָשׁ 15:17 (Ges§ 20 h Köii. 1, 471); cstr. מִקְּדַּשׁ Lv 16:23 +; sf. מִקְדָּשִׁי Lv 20:3 +, etc., מִקְדְּשׁוֹ Nu 18:29 (Köii 1, 97); pl. מִקְדָּשִׁים Ez 21:7, cstr. מִקְדְּשֵׁי Je 51:51 + 2 times; sf. מִקְדָּשַׁי Lv 21:23; מְקַדְשֵׁיהֶם Ez 7:24 (on anomalous pointing v. Ew§ 215 a Hi-Sm; but prob. Pi. Pt. was in mind, Ges§ 9300 Anm.; מִקְדְּשֵׁיהֶם); etc.;— old Isr. sanctuaries: of י׳ at Schechem Jos 24:26 (E); prob. also Ex 15:17 (i.e. Shiloh); pl. of sanct. to be destroyed by י׳ Lv 26:31 (H); מִקְדְּשֵׁי יִשׂ׳ in N. Isr. Am 7:9; מִקְדַּשׁ־מֶלֶךְ v 13 (Bethel). of the nations: Moab Is 16:12 pl. of Tyre Ez 28:18 (Co Toy \[not Berthol Krae\] read קָדְשְׁךָ thy sanctity). tabernacle and its precincts Ex 25:8 (P) +; מִקְדַּשׁ הַקֹּדֶשׁ Lv 16:33, pl. 21:23. temple and precincts 1 Ch 22:19 Is 63:18 ψ 74:7 +; בֵּית מִקְדָּשָׁם 2 Ch 36:17, מקדשׁ הבית Ez 48:21, מְבוֹן מ׳ Dn 8:11; pl. of many sacred places in and about the temple, מִקְדְּשֵׁי בית י׳ Je 51:51; מִקְדְּשֵׁי אֵל ψ 73:17. Doubtful are: מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ ψ 68:36 (𝔊 ἐν τοῖς ὁσίοις αὐτοῦ; 𝔙 de sanctuario; SS מִקְדָּשֶׁ֑ךָ); מִקְדָּשִׁים Ez 21:7 (𝔊 Co Berthol Buhl מִקְדָּשָׁם; Toy Krae מִקְדָּשֶׁיהָ; ‖ יְרוּשָׁלַםִ); וּמִקְדָּשׁ לַמִּקְדָּשׁ Ez 45:4b (Co, after 𝔊, מִפְקָד לְקָדְשָׁם \[לְבָֽתֵּי\]; Toy וּלְמִגְרָשִׁים \[לְבָֽתִּים\], cf. Krae לְמִגְרָשׁ). י׳ will become לְמ׳ for his people Ez 11:16 (BrMP 268), so appar. Is 8:14 (but gloss Du CheHpt Marti; Lag Sem. i. 16 מִקָּשׁ i. e. stumbling-block \[he cp. Syriac ܢܩܰܫ strike\]). of י׳’s future sanct., מ׳ בתוכם לעולם Ez 37:26, 28.—(מִמֶּנּוּ) אֶת־מִקְדְּשׁוֹ (מִכָּל־חֶלְבּוֹ) Nu 18:29 even the hallowed part thereof AV RV, but this not the meaning of מ׳; Ew§ 255 c assumes מַקְדֵּשׁ\* in this sense; קָדְשׁוֹ (v. קֹדֶשׁ 3 d), מִ being dittogr.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 27 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מִקְדָּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4720/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 17:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.17.12/)

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כִּסֵּ֣א כָב֔וֹד מָר֖וֹם מֵֽרִאשׁ֑וֹן מְק֖וֹם מִקְדָּשֵֽׁנוּ׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].a.throne of.glory a.high.place from first.\[time\] the.place our.sanctuary our

*JPS 1917:* Thou throne of glory, on high from the beginning, thou place of our sanctuary,

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[Psalms 73:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.73.17/)

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עַד־אָ֭בוֹא אֶל־מִקְדְּשֵׁי־אֵ֑ל אָ֝בִ֗ינָה לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃

*Word for word:* until I.went into the.sanctuari(es) of.God I.considered (to) end their

*JPS 1917:* Until I entered into the sanctuary of God, and considered their end.

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