1 Samuel 21:4:21 Sam.21.4.W2TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:5
הַכֹּהֵ֤ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEN
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID
- clause
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI
- sentence
va-ya-AN ha-ko-HEN et-da-VID va-yo-MER EN-LE-khem KHOL el-ta-KHAT ya-DI ki-im-LE-khem KO-desh YESH im-ha-ne-a-RIM AKH me-i-SHA
Exegesis
The noun phrase hakohen {הַכֹּהֵן | hakōhēn} ‘the priest’ is connected by the preposition el {אֶל | ʼel} ‘to’ to the proper noun david {דָּוִד | dāwīd} ‘David’, marking him as the addressee.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf–heh–nun
“priest, officiant”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:4
And the priest answered David and said, “I have no common bread under my hand, but only the bread for the priests, if the men have kept themselves from women.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Samuel 21:4, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֤ן (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 Sam.21.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.4.W2.S1) and character.