2 Kings 23:2:92 Kgs.23.2.W9TAB
וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙
vehakohanim
“and the priests”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- veh-hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /wəhaːkɔhăˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the priests
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL
- sentence
va-YA-al ha-ME-lekh BET-ye-ho-VAH ve-KHOL-ish ye-hu-DA ve-KHOL-yo-she-VE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim i-TO ve-ha-ko-ha-NIM ve-ha-ne-vi-IM ve-KHOL-ha-AM le-mik-ka-TON ve-AD-ga-DOL va-yik-RA be-oz-ne-HEM et-KHOL-div-RE SE-fer ha-be-RIT ha-nim-TSA be-VET ye-ho-VAH
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf–heh–nun
“priest”
In context — 2 Kings 23:2
And the king went up to the house of the LORD , and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people from the least to the greatest, and he read in their hearing all the words of the covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 2 Kings 23:2, so the Hebrew word וְהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ (vehakohanim) 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.23.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.2.W9.S1) and character.