קָדַשׁ qâdash — to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
Translated in the KJV as appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim.
a primitive root; to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally).
qâdash in each stem
Pi'el
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 20Infinitive construct 13Wayyiqtol 12Imperative 12Participle (active) 10Perfect (qatal) 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 3
And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
Hiph'il
Perfect (qatal) 18Imperfect (yiqtol) 11Participle (active) 6Infinitive construct 5Sequential perfect (weqatal) 2Wayyiqtol 1Infinitive absolute 1Imperative 1
And it shall be upon Aaron’s forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord.
Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.
Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.
Hitpa'el
Imperative 7Wayyiqtol 4Imperfect (yiqtol) 3Sequential perfect (weqatal) 3Perfect (qatal) 3Participle (active) 2Infinitive construct 2
And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.
For I am the Lord your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God.
Qal (Pa'al)
Imperfect (yiqtol) 7Perfect (qatal) 2Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1Wayyiqtol 1
And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.
Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.
And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Niph'al
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 6Infinitive construct 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 1Wayyiqtol 1Participle (active) 1
And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the Lord which hallow you,
Pu'al
Participle (passive) 5
And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the Lord, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honour from the Lord God.
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the Lord their God, and laid them by heaps.
And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›
