2 Chronicles 23:8:202 Chr.23.8.W20TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEHN
- IPA
- /hakkoːˈhɛːn/
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
ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN
- clause
KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
- sentence
va-ya-a-SU hal-ve-YIM ve-KHOL-ye-hu-DA ke-KHOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN va-yik-KHU ISH et-a-na-SHAV ba-E ha-sha-BAT IM yo-tse-E ha-sha-BAT KI LO pa-TAR ye-ho-ya-DA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-makh-le-KHOT
Exegesis
The relative clause kə-kōl 'asher tsivvāh {כְּכֹל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּה | kə-kōl 'asher tsivvāh} ‘according to all that he commanded’ defines their strict obedience to yᵉhôyādā‘ ha-kōhēn {יְהוֹיָדָע הַכֹּהֵן | yᵉhôyādā‘ hak-kōhēn}.
Root and etymology
Rootk-h-n
“priest”
In context — 2 Chronicles 23:8
The Levites and all Judah carried out everything Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each man took his men—those scheduled to come on the Sabbath together with those scheduled to go out on the Sabbath—because Jehoiada the priest had not dismissed the divisions .
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 23:8:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 2 Chronicles 23:8, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֖ן (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 2 Chr.23.8.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.23.8.W20.S1) and character.