2 Kings 17:27:72 Kgs.17.27.W7TAB
מֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙
mehakohanim
“from the priests”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- mee-hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /meːhakkɔhăˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the priests
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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 | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
me-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR ho-li-KHU SHA-ma e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-li-TE-tem mi-SHAM ve-yel-KHU ve-YESH-ve SHAM
- sentence
va-yE-tsav ME-lekh-a-SHUR le-MOR ho-li-KHU SHA-ma e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-li-TE-tem mi-SHAM ve-yel-KHU ve-YESH-ve SHAM ve-yo-REM ET-mish-PA-t e-lo-HE ha-A-rets
Exegesis
A relative clause meha-kohanim asher higlitem misham {מֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִגְלִיתֶ֣ם מִשָּׁ֔ם | mē-hā-kō-hă-nîm ʾăšer hig-gə-lî-tem mi-šām} ‘from the priests whom you exiled from there’ specifies the returning individual.
In context — 2 Kings 17:27
And the king of Assyria commanded, saying, “Bring there one of the priests whom you exiled from there, and let him go and dwell there, and let him teach them the custom of the God of the land.”
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Kings 17:27, so the Hebrew word מֵהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (mehakohanim) 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.17.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.27.W7.S1) and character.