[Mesorah] kodashim

[Michael Hamm]

A baal k'ria recently told me that kadashim/kodashim has a kamatz gadol 
(rachav) at its start, but hakodashim has a kamatz katan.  Is this 
correct?  I always thought each had a kamatz katan.  (And why would the 
prefixed he make a difference?)

Thanks,

Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
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