Kadosh
/kɑːˈdɔːʃ/noun
A Hebrew word meaning "holy" or "set apart for sacred use."
Did you know?In Jewish liturgy, forms of kadosh echo in the Sanctus-like cry of divine holiness, where the word marks radical separation rather than moral perfection.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Semitic
PSem
*qdš
“To be holy, sacred, set apart”
Biblical Hebrew
Hebrew
קָדוֹשׁ (qādôš)
“Holy; sacred; set apart for God”
Second Temple / Rabbinic Hebrew
Hebrew
קָדוֹשׁ
“Holy, sanctified, consecrated”
Modern Hebrew
Hebrew
קָדוֹשׁ (kadosh)
“Holy; sacred”