BDB7321

קדשׁ (√ of following; possibly original idea of separation, withdrawal (Baud^{Studien, ii} Nö^{LOB Mar. 22, 1879, 361} RS^{Semitic i. 140; 2nd ed. 150}); Late Hebrew = Biblical Hebrew; Phoenician קדש holy, מקדש sanctuary; Assyrian ‡adâšu II. I, cleanse (Meissn^{Suppl. 84}), also ‡adištu, hierodule consecrated to Ištar (compare AJerem^{Izdubar 59f.}); Arabic proper name, of a mountain (Nö^l.c. RS^Proph. see, N. 9); in Arabic otherwise under influence of Hebrew, so Ethiopic; compare ᵑ7 קדשׁ in derived species and derivatives, Syriac consecrate, etc.; Palmyrene קדש id.; Aramaic קְדָשָׁא, (ear- or nose-) ring, (originally holy thing, Nö^l.c.); — on whole subject see Baud Nö RS (references above), also HPS^{Presb. Rev. 1881, 588ff.}; different from חרם see GFM^{Ju. p. 36}).

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