2 Kings 16:11:32 Kgs.16.11.W3TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEEN
- 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN
- clause
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh
- sentence
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
Exegesis
The actor Uriyah ha-kohen {אוּרִיָּה הַכֹּהֵן | Ūriyyāḥ hak-kōhēn} ‘Uriah the priest’ functions as subject, and et-hammizbeach {אֶת־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | ʾet-hammizbēaḥ} ‘the altar’ appears as the definite patient.
Root and etymology
כ־ה־ן
“to serve as priest”
In context — 2 Kings 16:11
Thus Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest did so before the king’s return from Damascus.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:11:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 16:11, 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 Kgs.16.11.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.11.W3.S1) and character.