Deuteronomy 18:1:2Deut.18.1.W2TAB
לַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים
lakohanim
“for the priests”
- Transliteration
- la-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- lah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /la.kohăˈnim/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the priests
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ko-ha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
la-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YIM
- clause
LO-yi-he-YEH la-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YIM kol-SHE-vet le-VI HE-lek ve-na-kha-LAH im-yis-ra-EL
- sentence
LO-yi-he-YEH la-ko-ha-NIM hal-ve-YIM kol-SHE-vet le-VI HE-lek ve-na-kha-LAH im-yis-ra-EL i-SHEI Ye-ho-VAH ve-na-kha-la-TO yo-khe-LUN
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase la-kohanim hal-leviyim {לַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּים | lakkôhănîm halwiyyîm} ‘to the priests, the Levites’ is specified appositionally by kol shevet Levi {כָּל־שֵׁבֶט לֵוִי | kôl-šēḇeṭ lēwî} ‘all the tribe of Levi’.
In context — Deuteronomy 18:1
The Levitical priests—the entire tribe of Levi—shall have no share or inherited allotment with Israel; they shall eat the fire-offerings presented to the LORD as their inheritance .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 18:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Deuteronomy 18:1, so the Hebrew word לַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים (lakohanim) 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 Deut.18.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.18.1.W2.S1) and character.