Kadesh
Kadesh
Kadesh or Qadesh or Cades is a place-name that occurs several times in the Hebrew Bible, describing a site or sites located south of, or at the southern border of, Canaan and the Kingdom of Judah in the kingdom of Israel.
Kadesh also has the meaning of "holy" or "sacred" in Hebrew. It is a biblical place associated with significant events during the Israelites' journey to Canaan, particularly as a site of encampment and the sending of spies into the land.
There is no direct Greek equivalent for Kadesh[1] in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to the Hebrew Bible.
However, the concept of holiness, related to the root of Kadesh, can be linked to Greek words such as ἅγιος (hagios), meaning "holy" or "sacred." For the Ishmaelites to be holy they would have to follow the ways of Abraham just as the sons of Jacob would have to learn the way of Israel, which is the way of Christ.
The letters
- From 06945 קָדֵשׁ qadesh homosexual from 06942 to consecrate; and 06943 קֶדֶשׁ Qedesh = "holy place" and 06944 קֹדֶשׁ qodesh apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness
- ק Kuf or Kof Omnipresence - Redemption of Fallen Sparks The paradoxical union Reish and a Zayin holiness or separateness omnipresence of God [Cord and needle 𐤒 ... back of head neck... the last or least] (Numeric value: 100)
- ד Dalet Selflessness – Charity, back and forth or through a door or pathway, to enter like a fish (Numeric value: 4)
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
The Verb
The following is Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary:
The verb קדש (qadash) means to be holy, which essentially means to be permanent and unalterable. This verb is the opposite of חלל (halal), to be profane, which actually means to pierce, and thus to alter or use until entirely worn. Over the centuries many items have been declared holy and kept in glass boxes and devoid of any practical usefulness, but despite the best intentions of men, everything falls apart and only the laws of nature are truly holy. The Bible's unique insight in these matters has the human embodiment of natural law pierced rather than preserved behind bullet proof glass. The hallowed alternative, still painfully rampant in our modern world, violates the First Commandment and is destined to be ruined by the very natural law it sought to represent.
The noun
Noun קדש (qodesh), meaning apartness or sacredness of items and places. The familiar term קדש הקדשים (qodesh haqodeshim), or Holy of Holies, is formed from this word. Adjective קדוש (qadosh) means sacred or holy. This is also the word for "saint." Verb קדש (qadash) means to consecrate, make or be holy. Nouns קדש (qadesh) and קדשה (qadesha) refer respectively to male and female religious prostitutes. Noun מקדש (miqdash), literally a place of separateness or holiness, denotes a religious place or facility.
Between Kadesh and Shur
To dwell between Kadesh[2] and Shur[3]. Kadesh means holy and holy means separate from something while consecrated to something else.
The root is composed of the "Redemption of Fallen Spark" (ק Kuf) in a union power of the divine or separateness (Reish) from that which falls short (Zayin) by way of Charity (ד Dalet) opening a door or pathway to that (ש Shin) Spiritual Revelation (Shur)[3] that comes with the pursuit of righteousness, which is the Divine Essence.
This is a journey back to the Tree of life from the tree of knowledge.
Gerar the place between
This place between is Gerar[4] which is not a physical place but the dwelling in the righteousness of God and not the ways of the world. The term Gerar in the text of Genesis 20:1 appears as Beit at the beginning of the Gimel double Reish (בִּגְרָֽר) which expresses the cause and effect of living within the house of the righteousness of spirit and truth.
Footnotes:
- ↑ 06946 קָדֵשׁ Qadesh kaw-dashe’ KufDaletShin the same as 06945 קָדֵשׁ qadesh homosexual and from 06942 קָדַשׁ qadash to consecrate, sanctify; n pr loc; [BDB-873b] {See TWOT on 1990 @@ "1990e" } AV-Kadesh 17, Meribahkadesh + 04808 1; 18
- Kadesh= "holy"
- 1) a city in the extreme south of Judah
- 1a) same as ‘Kedesh’ and ‘Kadesh-barnea’
- ↑ 06946 קָדֵשׁ KufDaletShin (Qadesh) -- "sacred," set apart or "holy"; a place in the desert.
"For Kadesh see Genesis 14:7. Bered is absolutely unknown." Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers. - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Shur: Derived from the Hebrew root שׁוּר ShinVavReish(shur) which is said to mean "to travel" or "to journey" has many other meanings.
Meanings included:- excite or be raised.
- a wall or fortification,
- protective barrier,
- the idea of strength and progress,
- (metaphysical) develop spiritual awakening
- ש Shin Eternal Flame of Spiritual Revelation, bound to the coal of righteousness, the Divine Essence. [sun... teeth... consume destroy] (Numeric value: 300)
- ו Vav Connection, Connecting realms and worlds or the dividing veil between them. [nail... And, Add, secure, hook] (Numeric value: 6)
- ר Reish Process of Clarification The "head" or "beginning". Life's revelation. [Head... Person head highest] (Numeric value: 200).
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The related concept of a "wilderness" or a "desert" and might be found under Greek terms like:
ἔρημος (erēmos - 2048), meaning "desert" or "wilderness" suggests a measure of isolating, fasting, and yearning. Genesis 16, Genesis 20.
The Greek Eremos corresponding to Shur(שׂוּר ):
* ερημια eremia 2047 wilderness;
* ερημος eremos 2048 solitude;
* ερημοω eremoo 2049 despoliation;
* ερημωσις eremosis 2050 desolation.
"The voice of one crying in the (ἔρημος) wilderness" emeros has a metaphorical meaning a state of being which comes with an isolation from unrighteousness.
- ↑ 01642 Gerar גְּרָר Beginning with Gimel (Cause and effect), followed with a double Reish (spirit and truth) that draws or drags us to Gaza (strength); "Derived from an unused root 01641 גָּרַר garar meaning to drag away or bring up the cud."
- "Gerar" is said to mean "lodging place" or ""sojourning". Abraham sojourned while Lot chose to live in a city-state.
The cause and effect of living in Sodom would degenerated the people and gave the king power making the masses as human resources.
But Abraham lived by faith and honor, compassion and sacrifice which brought him along a straight way of "righteousness".
The way he went was a part of the stories of Abraham and Isaac in the Book of Genesis with his interactions between the patriarchs and the local rulers, notably Abimelech. His willingness to repent and obey with a reliance on God's righteousness made his life fruitful and his prayers powerful.
- Often associated with the Philistines. "גרשׂ (Arabic bray, pound, grind, coarse, Aramaic גְּרַס (rare) crush, , crushed, crush, destroy; compare following)."
- "Gerar" is said to mean "lodging place" or ""sojourning". Abraham sojourned while Lot chose to live in a city-state.