1 Chronicles 16:39:51 Chr.16.39.W5TAB
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
hakohanim
“the priests”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /hak.koːhăˈniːm/
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
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.
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 16:39:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 16:39, 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.16.39.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.39.W5.S1) and character.