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''Q-D-Š'' is a triconsonantal Semitic root meaning "sacred, holy", derived from a concept central to ancient Semitic religion. From a basic verbal meaning "to consecrate, to purify", it could be used as an adjective meaning "holy", or as a substantive referring to a "sanctuary, sacred object, sacred personnel."〔 The root is reflected as ''qdš'' (Hebrew קדש) in Northwest Semitic and as ''qds'' (Arabic ) in Central and South Semitic. In Akkadian texts, the verb conjugated from this root meant to "clean, purify."〔 〕〔 ==Canaanite religion== It was used this way in Ugaritic, as for example, in the words ''qidšu'' (meaning "holy place" or "chapel") and ''qad(i)šu'' (meaning "consecrated gift" or "cultic personnel").〔 In some Ugaritic texts, ''qdš'' is used as a divine epithet. For example, the gods are referred to as "the sons of holiness" or "the holy ones" (''bn qdš''), and in the Ugaritic ''Legend of Keret'', the hero is described as "the son of El and the offspring of the Benevolent One and ''qdš''".〔van der Toorn et al., 1999, p. 415.〕 William Foxwell Albright believed that ''Qudšu'' (meaning "holiness") was a common Canaanite appellation for the goddess Asherah, and Albright's mentor Frank Moore Cross claimed ''qdš'' was used as a divine epithet for both Asherah and the Ugaritic goddess, Athirat.〔〔Albright, 1990, pp. 121–122.〕〔Hadley, 2000, p. 49.〕 Johanna Stucky claims she may have been a deity in her own right. Depictions of a goddess in inscriptions from Dynastic Egypt, thought to Canaanite since she is referred to as ''Qdš'' (often transliterated in English as Qedesha, Qudshu or Qetesh), show a woman in the nude, with curly hair and raised arms carrying lilies and serpents.〔〔van der Toorn, et al., 1999, p. 416.〕 ''Qdš'' is also depicted in the pantheon of gods at Memphis, Egypt possibly indicating worship of her as independent deity there.〔 The word ''qdš'' also appears in the Pyrgi Tablets, a Phoenician text found in Italy that dates back to 500 BCE. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Q-D-Š」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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