קָדֵשׁ m. (b. h.; קָדַשׁ) [cut off, rejected, cmp. חרם] sodomite. Sifré Deut. 260 ק׳ חמור the sodomite whose crime is the severer one (v. infra).—Pl. קְדֵשִׁים. Esth. R. to I, 9 (expl. מעולל, Is. III, 12) ק׳ בהון sodomites were among them (with ref. to ויתעללו, Jud. XIX, 25).—Fem. קְדֵשָׁה prostitute. Sifré l. c. ק׳ קלה the Ḳ’deshah whose crime is a minor one (compared with that of the Ḳadesh).
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קָדֵשׁ m. (b. h.; קָדַשׁ ) [ cut off, rejected , cmp. חרם ] sodomite . Sifré Deut. 260 ק׳ חמור the sodomite whose crime is the severer one (v.…
References
- Jastrow, קָדַשׁ 1
- Sifrei Devarim 260:2
- Esther Rabbah 3:2
- Isaiah 3:12
- Judges 19:25