kadosh
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Pronunciations

Kadosh (KAH-dosh) listen
Kadosh (kah-DOSH) listen

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Definitions

  • adj. Holy.

Example Sentences

  • "Through avodah we can make our lives and the world more kadosh/holy." (Chai - URJ book, p. 173)

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  • "And this opposition also leads to confusion of ideas until it becomes very difficult at times to discern what is chol and what is kodesh." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • קדוש

      • Who Uses This

      • Religious: Jews who are engaged in religious observance and have some Jewish education

      Regions

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      • Australia / New Zealand
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      Dictionaries

      • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English by Aliza Bulow

Notes

  • 'Kadosh' itself is not often used in English, but noun forms (as in 'lashon kodesh' לשון קודש , 'Shabbos kodesh' שבת קודש, 'kedushah' קדושה) are very commonly used, especially by Orthodox and non-Orthodox religious Jews.

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