1 Chronicles 18:16:51 Chr.18.16.W5TAB
כֹּהֲנִ֑ים
kohanim
“priests”
- Transliteration
- ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /koːhăˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- priests
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ko-ha-NIM
- clause
ve-tsa-DOK ben-a-khi-TUV va-a-vi-ME-lekh ben-ev-ya-TAR ko-ha-NIM
- sentence
ve-tsa-DOK ben-a-khi-TUV va-a-vi-ME-lekh ben-ev-ya-TAR ko-ha-NIM ve-shav-SHA so-FER
Exegesis
The first clause has the compound subject ve-tsadok ben-achituv {וְצָד֧וֹק בֶּן־אֲחִיט֛וּב | wə-ṣā-ḏōq ben-ʾǎ-ḥî-tūḇ} “Zadok son of Ahitub” and va-avimelekh ben-eviyatar {וַאֲבִימֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּן־אֶבְיָתָ֖ר | wa-ʾǎ-ḇî-mé-leḵ ben-ʾê-ḇyā-tār} “Avimelekh son of Abiathar” functioning as subjects with the noun kohanim {כֹּהֲנִ֑ים | kō-hǎ-ṇîm} “priests” as the predicate nominative.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:16
And Zadok son of Ahitub and Avimelekh son of Abiathar were priests , and Shavsha was scribe .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:16:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Chronicles 18:16, so the Hebrew word כֹּהֲנִ֑ים (kohanim) 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.18.16.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.16.W5.S1) and character.