2 Samuel 15:27:42 Sam.15.27.W4TAB

הַכֹּהֵ֔ן

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

Result

הַ + כֹּ + הֵ֔ן

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ha + ko + hen

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hakohen

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
el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN
clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM
sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh el-tsa-DOK ha-ko-HEN ha-ro-E a-TA shu-VA ha-IR be-sha-LOM va-a-khi-ma-ATS bin-KHA vi-yo-na-TAN ben-ev-ya-TAR she-NE ve-ne-KHEM it-te-KHEM

Exegesis

The verse opens with the vav consecutive vayomer {וַיֹּ֤אמֶר | wayyōmer} introducing direct speech, followed by the agent ha-melekh {הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ | hamméleḵ} and the indirect object el-tsadok ha-kohen {אֶל־צָד֣וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | ʼel-ṣāḏōq hā-kōhēn}.

Root and etymology

k-h-nkaph–he–nun

“to minister as priest”

In context — 2 Samuel 15:27

And the king said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace , and Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar, your two sons, be with you.”

About this coordinate

2 Samuel 15:27:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Samuel 15:27, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (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 Sam.15.27.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.27.W4.S1) and character.

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