Qadesh, Qedesh, Qetesh, Kadesh, Kedesh, Kadeš and Qades come from the common Semitic root "Q-D-Š", which means "sacred."

Kadesh and variations may refer to:

Ancient/biblical places

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Modern places

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  • Kadesh Barnea, also known as Nitzanei Sinai, a modern community settlement in the Negev desert of Israel
  • Qadas, a Palestinian Arab Shiite village northeast of Safad that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war (see also Kedesh)
  • Kidosht or Kadāsh, a village in Momenabad Rural District, in the Central District of Sarbisheh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran
  • Qades, a village in Badghis Province in north western Afghanistan

Other uses

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  • Qetesh, a Canaanite and Egyptian fertility goddess
  • Qetesh (Stargate), a character in the Stargate fictional universe
  • Kadosh, a 1999 film by Amos Gitai
  • Qadesh, the male equivalent of Qedesha, a sacred or temple prostitute
  • Qadesh, a military unit in the Syrian Civil War that fights under the command of the Republican Guard.

See also

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