Genesis 38:21
And he is asking the mortal-men of her standing-place, to say, `Where is the Holy-one1203, himself is in the Eyes, upon the Road?` And they are saying, `She has not become in this one a holy-one.`
| 1203 | Holy Ones Strong’s #6948, qadeshah. Holy/separate/sacred one. Feminine of the masculine noun qadesh (#6945). The root noun qodesh and verb qadash (#6944, 6942) have the primary meaning of pure, clean, holy. It is also used for sanctuary. It is conjecture that these words meant cult prostitute or temple prostitute. Would Yahweh himself really use such an important theological token for a “cult-prostitute” of another religion or the worship of Venus as some scholars tell us?. It makes no sense. The only translator I am aware of who didn’t change this word is Robert Young who rendered this in the YLT as “separated one”. In contrast, “harlot” in Hebrew is zanah (#2181) a feminine noun that does not have a masculine counterpart except in the plural (#2183) zenunim meaning harloting-ones, or whoring-ones. “…and you have become holy-ones [qedoshim], for a holy-one is myself…” Lev. 11:44 literal “She is not becoming a holy-one [qedeshah] from the built-ones of El-Strives, and he is not becoming a holy-one [qadesh] from the builders of El-Strives.” Deut. 23:17 literal |