1 Samuel 21:5:31 Sam.21.5.W3TABWLC 1 Samuel 21:6
אֶת־הַכֹּהֵ֜ן
ethakhohen
“{to} the priest”
- Transliteration
- et-ha-kho-HEN
- Extended
- eht-hah-koh-HEHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛt.hak.koːˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- {to} the priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| 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
et-ha-kho-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN
- clause
va-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN va-YO-mer LO KI im-i-SHA a-tsu-RA-la-NU kit-MOL shil-SHOM
- sentence
va-YA-an da-VID et-ha-kho-HEN va-YO-mer LO KI im-i-SHA a-tsu-RA-la-NU kit-MOL shil-SHOM be-tse-TI va-yih-YU khe-LEI-ha-ne-a-RIM KO-desh ve-HU DE-rekh-khol ve-AF ki-ha-YOM yik-DASH ba-KHE-li
Exegesis
The name David {דָּוִד | dā-wīd} functions as subject, followed by the dative phrase el-Achiel ha-kohen {אֶל־אֲחִיאֵל הַכֹּהֵן | ʾel-ʼă-ḥî-ʼēl ha-kō-hên} specifying the addressee.
Root and etymology
כ־ה־ן
“serve, priest”
In context — 1 Samuel 21:5
And David said to Achiel the priest, “Truly the women have been withheld from us just as when I went out , for the bodies of the young men are consecrated in this matter.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 21:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Samuel 21:5, so the Hebrew word אֶת־הַכֹּהֵ֜ן (ethakhohen) 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.21.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.21.5.W3.S1) and character.