1 Chronicles 16:39:31 Chr.16.39.W3TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֗ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEEN
- IPA
- /hak.koːˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the priest
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-ET tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ve-e-KHAV ha-ko-ha-NIM lif-ne mish-KAN ye-ho-VAH ba-ba-MA a-SHER be-giv-ON
Exegesis
It advances through the construct chain in Zadok ha-kōhên ve’eḥāv ha-kōhanîm {צָד֣וֹק הַכֹּהֵן וְאֶחָיו הַכֹּהֲנִים} ‘Zadok the priest and his brothers, the priests’, marking the central priestly figures.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaph–he–nun
“serve, priest”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:39
And Zadok the priest and his brothers, the priests, were before the tabernacle of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:39, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֗ן (hakohen) 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.16.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.39.W3.S1) and character.