קַדִּישׁ, = h. קָדוֹשׁ, holy, sacred, pure. Targ. Num. XVI, 5 (some ed. O. קַדֵּישׁ, קַדֵּשׁ). Targ. Is. I, 4. Ib. LVII, 15; a. fr.—[Targ. Y. Num. XI, 7, read: קַרִישׁ.]—Midr. Till. to Ps. CXVIII, 8, v. עִיר I. Meg. 27ᵇ מעיר … מעיקרא ק׳ השתא נמי ק׳ if you sell a sacred object to be taken from a large town to a small place, it was sacred (used for public services) before, and is so now. Ber. 9ᵇ העיד … משום קהלא ק׳ וכ׳ R. J. … declared in behalf of the holy congregation of Jerusalem; a. fr.—Snh. 109ᵇ v. infra.—Pl. קַדִּישִׁין, קַדִּישַׁיָּא, קַדִּישֵׁי; קַדִּישָּׁתָא. Targ. Num. XVI, 3; a. fr.—Snh. l. c. ירענא דכולהו כנישתא קדישי נינהו Ms. M. (ed. קדישתא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note) I know that the whole congregation are holy. Pes. 113ᵇ בחייהן דרבנן ק׳ וכ׳ Ms. M. by the life of the holy (revered) Rabbis in the land of Israel (v. קְדוּשָּׁה end); a. e.—[
קַדִּישׁ, קַדִּישׁ, קַדִּישָׁאḲaddish, the doxology beginning with יתגדל ויתקדש וכ׳ magnified and sanctified be his great name. Treat. Sof’rim X, 7; a. e.]