1 Chronicles 15:24:81 Chr.15.24.W8TAB
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
hakohanim
“the priests”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /hak.koː.hăˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the priests
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM
- sentence
u-she-van-YA-hu ve-yo-sha-FAT u-ne-tan-EL va-a-ma-SAI u-ze-khar-YA-hu u-ve-na-YA-hu ve-e-li-E-zer ha-ko-ha-NIM me-kha-tsa-tsa-RIM makh-tse-RIM ba-kha-tso-tse-ROT lif-NE a-RON ha-e-lo-HIM ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-khi-YA sho-a-RIM la-a-RON
Exegesis
The definite article in hakkohanim {הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים | ha-kkō-ḥă-nîm} groups them as the priestly class.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkof–heh–nun
“to serve as priest”
In context — 1 Chronicles 15:24
Shebaniah, Jehoshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—blew trumpets before the ark of God . Obed-Edom and Jehiya were doorkeepers for the ark .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 15:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Chronicles 15:24, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (hakohanim) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.15.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.15.24.W8.S1) and character.