2 Samuel 19:11:62 Sam.19.11.W6TABWLC 2 Samuel 19:12
הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים
hakohanim
“the priests”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- hah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /hakːoːhăˈniːm/
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
- phraseyour reading level
el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM
- clause
ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR
- sentence
ve-ha-ME-lekh da-VID sha-LAKH el-tsa-DOK ve-el-e-vya-TAR ha-ko-ha-NIM le-MOR dab-be-RU el-zik-NE ye-hu-DA le-MOR LAM-ma tih-yu a-kha-ro-NIM le-ha-SHIV et-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to u-de-VAR kol-yis-ra-EL BA el-ha-ME-lekh el-BE-to
Exegesis
The main verb shalach {שָׁלַח | šā·lāḥ} ‘he sent’ governs the prepositional object el-tsadok ve-el-evyatar hakohanim {אֶל־צָדוֹק וְאֶל־אֶבְיָתָר הַכֹּהֲנִים | ʾél-ṣā·dōq wə-ʾél-ʾĕv·yā·ṯār ha·kō·hă·nîm}, specifying recipients.
In context — 2 Samuel 19:11
And David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar, the priests, saying, “Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, ‘Why are you the last ones to bring back the king to his house? For the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house.’”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 19:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 19:11, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (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.19.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.19.11.W6.S1) and character.