2 Kings 17:28:32 Kgs.17.28.W3TAB
מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים
mehakohanim
“from the priests”
- Transliteration
- me-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- mee-hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /meːha.kɔːhăˈniːm/
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-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL
- sentence
va-ya-VO e-KHAD me-ha-ko-ha-NIM a-SHER hig-LU mish-sho-me-RON va-ye-SHEV be-VEIT-EL va-ye-HI mo-RE o-TAM EKH yi-re-U et-Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The partitive construction echad {אֶחָד | ʾe-ḥâḏ} with me-hakohanim {מֵהַכֹּהֲנִים | mê-ha-kô-hã-nîm} yields “one of the priests.”
In context — 2 Kings 17:28
Then one of the priests who had been exiled from Samaria came and settled in Bethel, and he became their teacher, instructing them how they should fear the LORD .
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:28:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Kings 17:28, so the Hebrew word מֵהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים (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.17.28.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.28.W3.S1) and character.