2 Chronicles 34:5:22 Chr.34.5.W2TAB
כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים
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-a-tsa-MOT ko-ha-NIM sa-RAF al-maz-be-KHO-tim miz-be-kho-TAM
- sentence
ve-a-tsa-MOT ko-ha-NIM sa-RAF al-maz-be-KHO-tim miz-be-kho-TAM va-ye-ta-HER et-ye-hu-DA ve-et-ye-ru-sha-LIM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the coordinated noun phrase ve’atsmot {וְעַצְמוֹת | və-ʿaṣ-mōt} ‘and bones’ followed by kohanim {כֹּֽהֲנִים | kô-hă-nîm} ‘priests’, marking the object before the perfect verb saraf {שָׂרַף | śā-rap̄} ‘he burned’.
In context — 2 Chronicles 34:5
And he burned the bones of the priests upon their altars , and he purified Judah and Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 34:5:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Chronicles 34:5, so the Hebrew word כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים (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 2 Chr.34.5.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.34.5.W2.S1) and character.