Topic Overview
קֹדֶשׁ (qodes)
קֹדֶשׁ (qodes) (Hebrew Lexicon • H6944 • holiness, sacredness, sanctuary): holiness, sacredness, sanctuary. Holiness, separateness, sacred place, consecrated thing; intrinsic quality of divine majesty and that which belongs strictly to God's realm. It is closely linked with Leningrad Codex (B19a) — Exodus 20 ( Ten Commandments ) (IMAGE • manuscripts): The Decalogue preserved with upper and lower cantillation marks in the Tiberian masoretic tradition.