2 Samuel 20:26:52 Sam.20.26.W5TAB
כֹהֵ֖ן
kohen
“priest”
- Transliteration
- ko-HEN
- Extended
- koh-HEEN
- IPA
- /koːˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
ha-YA ko-HEN
- sentence
ve-GAM i-RA ha-ya-i-RI ha-YA ko-HEN le-da-VID
Exegesis
The predicate kōhēn {כֹהֵן | kō-hēn} ‘priest’ in absolute state takes lədāwîḏ {לְדָוִד | lə-ḏā-wîḏ} to indicate service toward David. English word order shifts to subject-verb-predicate and places the prepositional phrase after the noun for clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootk h n
“to serve as priest, officiate”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:26
And also Ira the Jairite was priest to David.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:26:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Samuel 20:26, so the Hebrew word כֹהֵ֖ן (kohen) 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.20.26.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.26.W5.S1) and character.