Brown-Driver-Briggs
II.
קָדֵשׁ proper name, of a location (
sacred; but perhaps originally
קֶדֶשׁ and pointing artificial to distinguish from
׳ק in N); —
1 Καδης: in south of Judah Genesis 16:14 (J), Genesis 20:1 (E), in מִדְבַּר מָּארָן Numbers 13:26 (P), specifically צִן ׳מ Numbers 20:1; Numbers 33:36, compare קָדֵשׁ ׳מ Psalm 29:8; on western border of Edom Numbers 20:16 (E), Numbers 33:37 (P), compare Numbers 20:14 (E), Numbers 20:22 (P), Judges 11:16,17 (hence RobBR ii. 175, 194 sought it at `Ain Weibeh, in west of Arabah); long adobe of Israel during Exodus. Deuteronomy 1:46; ׳מֵי מְרִיבַת ק Numbers 27:14 (compare Numbers 20:1-13), Deuteronomy 32:51 (P), Ezekiel 47:19 (read מְרִיבַת), Ezekiel 48:28, compare Deuteronomy 33:2 (see קֹדֶשׁ near the end); compare עֵין מִשְׁמָּט Genesis 14:7; = בַּרְנֵעַ ׳ק (meaning of ׳ב unknown; ᵐ5 Kings (τοῦ) βαρνη); — Numbers 32:8 (J), Deuteronomy 1:2,19; Deuteronomy 2:14; Deuteronomy 9:23; Joshua 10:41 (D), Numbers 34:4; Joshua 15:3 (P); — modern ±Ain †adîs (kudais, 
), approximately 50 miles south of Beersheba, J.Rowlands (1842) see GWilliamsHoly City, 464 f., and especially HCTrumbull (1881)Kadesh Barnea, 238-321.
2 Hittite capital on the Orontes, north of Damascus, towards Hamath (Egyptian †dš, †dšu, †dše WMMAs.u.Eur.213 ff.); — 2 Samuel 24:6 ᵐ5L We Dr Kit Bu Löhr, reading אֶרֶץ הַחִתִּים קָדֵ֫שָׁה for ᵑ0 תַּחְתִּים חָדְשִׁי ׳א (הַחִתִּים already HiGeschichte. Israel i. 29; קָדֵ֫שָׁה Th, קֶ֫דְשָׁה Klo, of קֶדֶשׁ in Naphtali); HPS doubts.
