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title: קָדֵשׁ — Kadesh. Compare · The Tanakh dictionary
description: קָדֵשׁ (6946), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 18 times: Kadesh. Compare. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# קָדֵשׁ

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«קָדֵשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Kadesh. Compare** — 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:** 18 times · **Key:** 6946 · **BDB:** קָדֵשׁ²

### Glosses

Kadesh (13); \[is\].Kadesh (2); to (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

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

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

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

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «קָדֵשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1511/6946/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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

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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.

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

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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.

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