קדשׁ to be holy, be sacred.
— Qal - קָדַשׁ 1 was set apart, was consecrated; 2 was forbidden.
— Niph. - נִקֽדַּשׁ 1 was hallowed, was sanctified, 2 was consecrated, was dedicated.
— Pi. - קִדֵּשׁ 1 he hallowed, sanctified; 2 he dedicated; consecrated; 3 he declared holy; 4 he cleansed, purified; 5 he devoted, assigned; PBH 6 he sanctified the Sabbath or the festivals; PBH 7 he pronounced the benediction of Kiddush; PBH 8 he made something prohibited; PBH 9 he betrothed, wedded.
— Pu. - קֻדַּשׁ 1 was hallowed, was sanctified; 2 was dedicated was consecrated; PBH 3 was betrothed, was wedded.
— Hith. - הִתְקַדֵּשׁ 1 he kept himself separated, purified himself; 2 he became sanctified; 3 he prepared himself; PBH 4 it was forbidden (as food).
— Hiph. - הִקְדִּישׁ 1 he set apart as holy, devoted as holy; 2 he regarded as holy; 3 he designated, appointed; NH 4 he dedicated.
— Hoph. - הֻקְדַּשׁ 1 was set apart as holy, was devoted as holy; MH 2 was regarded as holy; NH 3 was designated, was appointed; NH 4 was dedicated. [Related to Ugar. qdsh (= sanctuary), Phoen. קדש (= holy), מקדש (= sanctuary, holy place), Aram.-Syr. קַדֵּשׁ (= he hallowed, sanctified, consecrated), Palm. קדש (= to sanctify, consecrate), Arab. qadusa (= was holy, was pure), quaddasa (= he hallowed, sanctified, consecrated; he went to Jerusalem), quds (= purity, holiness), al-quds (= Jerusalem; lit.: ‘the holy place’), Akka. quddushu (= to cleanse, to hallow, sanctify,), Aram.–Syr. קְדָשָׁא (= ear or nose ring; orig. ‘holy thing’). The orig. meaning of this base prob. was ‘to separate’.] Derivatives: קֹדֶשׁ, קָדֵשׁ, קֽדֵשָׁה, קֽדֻשָׁה, קֻדֽשָׁא, קָדוֹשׁ, קִדּוּשׁ, קַדִּישׁ, הֶקְדֵּשׁ, הַקְדָּשָׁה, אַקֽדַּשָׁה, הִתְקַדּֽשׁוּת, מִקֽדָּשׁ, מְקֻדָּשׁ. cp. the second element in קֽדַשְׁנוּן.