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Where does “sanctum sanctorum” come from?

sanctum sanctorum (Latin) comes from Hebrew קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים.

Ancestry of “sanctum sanctorum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים—
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