2 Samuel 17:15:52 Sam.17.15.W5TAB
הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
hakohanim
“the priests”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /hak.koːhăˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the priests
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yo-MER KHU-shai el-tsa-DOK ve-el-ev-ya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM ka-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS a-khi-TO-fel et-av-sha-LOM ve-ET zik-NEI yis-ra-EL ve-kha-ZOT ve-kha-ZOT ya-ATS-ti a-NI
In context — 2 Samuel 17:15
And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests , “Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do such and such , but I have advised them to do so and so.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 17:15:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 17:15, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (hakohanim) 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.17.15.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.17.15.W5.S1) and character.