קָדוֹשׁ

Holy

ka-DOSH

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About “Holy” in Hebrew

Kadosh is proclaimed three times in the Kedushah prayer—'Kadosh, kadosh, kadosh Adonai Tzeva'ot' (Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts)—echoing the angels' praise in Isaiah's vision. The concept of holiness in Judaism is not about withdrawal from the world but about sanctifying everyday life. The word is the root of kiddush (sanctifying Shabbat with wine) and kaddish (the mourner's prayer that sanctifies God's name).

Example

הַמָּקוֹם הַזֶּה קָדוֹשׁ.

This place is holy.

Gematria of “Holy” (קדוש)

In Hebrew numerology (gematria), each letter has a numerical value. The word קדוש (ka-DOSH) has a gematria value of 410.

100ק+

4ד+

6ו+

300ש

total410

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“Holy” in the Bible

Verses from the Torah and Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) mentioning “holy”.

Amos 2:7עמוס 2:7

השאפים על עפר ארץ בראש דלים ודרך ענוים יטו ואיש ואביו ילכו אל הנערה למען חלל את שם קדשי

[Ah,] you who trample the heads of the poor Into the dust of the ground, And make the humble walk a twisted course! as equivalent to shaphim . Emendation yields: “Who crush on the ground / The heads of the poor, / And push off the road / The humble of the land”; cf. Job 24.4. Father and son go to the same woman, And thereby profane My holy name.

Daniel 4:5דניאל 4:5

ועד אחרין על קדמי דניאל די שמה בלטשאצר כשם אלהי ודי רוח אלהין קדישין בה וחלמא קדמוהי אמרת

Finally, Daniel, called Belteshazzar after the name of my god, in whom the spirit of the holy gods was, came to me, and I related the dream to him, [saying],

Daniel 4:6דניאל 4:6

בלטשאצר רב חרטמיא די אנה ידעת די רוח אלהין קדישין בך וכל רז לא אנס לך חזוי חלמי די חזית ופשרה אמר

“Belteshazzar, chief magician, in whom I know the spirit of the holy gods to be, and whom no mystery baffles, tell me the meaning of my dream vision that I have seen.

English translation: THE JPS TANAKH, Revised Edition (2023) © Jewish Publication Society, via Sefaria. CC BY-NC 4.0

This word starts with the Hebrew letter qof.