H6918

• {"n":"qadosh","s":"Holy. Set apart for a purpose, before it is anything about moral purity.","u":"https:\/\/jayms.com\/bible-study-tools-2\/bible-translation-differences\/#id=qadosh","r":"Leviticus 19:2","b":[{"l":"How modern translations read it","t":"Every version reads holy."},{"l":"First, in plain English","t":"**The good china.** Not morally better china. Set aside for something."},{"l":"What you are seeing","t":"Qadosh carries separation and otherness. The seventh day, the tabernacle furniture and the ground at the burning bush are all qadosh. The command to be holy is a command about belonging before it is about behaviour."},{"l":"Why translators split","t":"English holy implies attained goodness, which reverses the direction of the idea."},{"l":"The rule to carry away","t":"Status words become merit words very easily in English. Check whether the original describes a designation or an achievement."},{"l":"Choosing between them","t":"Holy is universal."},{"l":"The word","t":"\u05e7\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05b9\u05e9\u05c1 qadosh \u00b7 H6918"}],"src":["qadosh of the seventh day: Genesis 2:3","of ground: Exodus 3:5","of vessels: Exodus 30:29"]}