Holy of Holies | Idiomator

Meaning: The inner sanctum of the Temple in Jerusalem.1882, . Franz von Reber, Joseph Thacher Clarke,History of Ancient Art, page146:Theholy of holies, a cubical space of ten cubits on the side, was separated from the larger antechamber by four columns, which were also covered with gold and stood upon silver sockets; they bore a second curtain of four colors.; (by extension)The mostsacredplace within a sacred building.; (informal,humorous)One's privateretreat,inner sanctum.; That which is holiest among holy things.1996, Macy Nulman,The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page305:Rabbi Akiba declared that if the other books of the Bible are holy,Shir Hashirimis the "holy of holies."

Examples:

EN: And anoint the Holy of Holies. Behold, I will send my Messenger. It will prepare the way before me.
ES: -"He aquí que enviaré a mi mensajero que preparará el camino delante de mí y luego enseguida vendrá el Señor a quien buscáis".
EN: Jabel, where's the Holy of Holies?
ES: Jabel, ¿dónde está el sitio más sagrado de todos?
EN: What the flaming Holy of Holies? !
ES: ¡Por el maldito sanctasantórum!
EN: Inside the main hall... in a beautifully carved and gilded inner sanctum, or Holy of Holies... stood the Ark of the Covenant.
ES: Dentro del salón principal... en un santuario interior hermosamente tallado o Sancta Sanctorum... se guardaba el Arca de la Alianza.
EN: Gathering together and remembering the temple... facing towards Jerusalem... constructing things to remind them of the temple... for example an ark where they'd keep the holy books... was an echo of the Ark of the Covenant and the Holy of Holies. The curtain like the one in Jerusalem... the eternal light like the one that burned in the temple...
ES: Al reunirse y recordar el templo... mirando hacia Jerusalén... construyeron algunas cosas que les recordarían al templo... por ejemplo, un Arca donde guardarían los Libros Sagrados... un recuerdo del Arca de la Alianza y el Sancta Sanctorum... con una cortina delante como la de Jerusalén... y la llama eterna como la que ardía en el templo.
EN: But it had the same broad structure: The porch, the main hall, the Holy of Holies in the centre... but by then it didn't contain the Ark of the Covenant.
ES: Pero tenía la misma estructura ancha... el pórtico, el salón principal y el Sancta Sanctorum en el centro.
EN: So the Holy of Holies now was a completely empty room... which in a way is rather suitable for the Jewish understanding... of what you'd find if you tried to find God... but it had broadly the same layout.
ES: Así que el Sancta Sanctorum era una habitación vacía... Io que es bastante apropiado para la idea judía... de lo que encontrarías si intentaras encontrar a Dios... pero tenía la misma disposición.
EN: It retained the same broad outline, with the temple in the centre... the porchway, the main hall, the Holy of Holies in the centre... he couldn't possibly have dared to mess about with that.
ES: Mantenía la misma estructura ancha, con el templo en el centro... con el pórtico, el salón principal, el Sancta Sanctorum en el centro. Nunca se hubiera atrevido a cambiar eso.
EN: This would bring him closer to the possible location... of the Holy of Holies, which held the Ark of the Covenant.
ES: Esto le acercaría a la posible ubicación... del Sancta Sanctorum, que contenía el Arca de la Alianza.
EN: If so, the Holy of Holies would have stood approximately here.
ES: Y si esto es así, el Sancta Sanctorum estaría aproximadamente aquí.
EN: If there was a secret hiding place leading from the Holy of Holies... one would have to dig somewhere in this area to find it.
ES: Así que si había un escondite que partía del Sancta Sanctorum... tendríamos que excavar por esta zona para encontrarlo.
EN: The findings of the British Royal Engineers of the 19th century... strengthen Warren's conclusion... that the Holy of Holies was situated south of the sacra.
ES: Los descubrimientos de los ingenieros reales británicos del siglo XIX... respaldaron la conclusión de Warren... de que el Sancta Sanctorum estaba situado al Sur del Sacra.
EN: This means that there was once a fixed site for the Holy of Holies... and thereby, possibly the Ark.
ES: Esto significa que hubo un lugar fijo para el Sancta Sanctorum... y por lo tanto, probablemente, para el Arca.
EN: In 620BC, King Josiah... asked the Levites who were the sole custodians of the Ark... to bring it out of its hiding place... and put it back inside the Holy of Holies; the temple Solomon had built.
ES: En el 620 a. C., el rey Josías... pidió a los levitas que eran los únicos que custodiaban el Arca... que la sacaran de su escondite... y la pusieran en el Sancta Sanctorum, el templo construido por Salomón.
EN: Holy of Holies looking out until now the only person who would have seen these objects from this perspective is Moses
ES: Hasta hemos ascendido al auténtico monte Sinaí... y por último Jacobovic... ha revelado lo que seguramente sea el descubrimiento del milenio... una imagen de oro del arca de la alianza

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