69Sanctify
qadash — Hebrew
qadash (H6942) — to set apart, to consecrate, to make or declare holy.
A consecration term — the setting-apart of a person or thing into holy status.
The holy is a category, and to sanctify is to move something into it — a legal consecration, conferring set-apart status. The day, the firstborn, the priests, the vessels are each sanctified: transferred from common to holy, subject thereafter to holy use. It is the reverse of profaning: sanctify moves into holy standing, profane drags back to common. Sanctification is a change of status conferred by the One who makes holy.
Genesis 2:3 “Elohim blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it.” The day set apart into holy status.
Exodus 13:2 “Sanctify unto me all the firstborn.” The firstborn consecrated.
Leviticus 20:8 “I am Yahuah which sanctify you.” The One who confers holy status.
Exodus 19:6 “Ye shall be unto me... an holy nation.” The people set apart.
To sanctify is to set apart into holy status — a legal act of consecration that moves a person or thing from common to holy. The day, the firstborn, the priests were each sanctified: transferred into the holy category. It is the opposite of profaning: sanctify moves into holy standing, profane drags back to common.
To sanctify is to move something into the holy category — set apart, consecrated, dedicated to Yahuah’s use. The seventh day, the firstborn, the priests: each was sanctified, transferred from common to holy. It is a change of standing, conferred by the One who makes holy — and the exact reverse of profaning.
- Yahuah (the One who sanctifies) confers holy status.
- The set-apart (the sanctified) moved from common into holy standing.
- The holy category (the status) the standing into which the sanctified is placed.
Movement III — You Are Named on the Docket. You are not watching the trial. You are a party to it, entered by name, with standing and an estate.