Judges 17:12:7Judg.17.12.W7TAB
לְכֹהֵ֑ן
lekhohen
“as priest”
- Transliteration
- le-kho-HEN
- Extended
- leh-khoh-HEN
- IPA
- /ləxoˈhɛːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- as priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
le-kho-HEN
- clause
va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN
- sentence
va-ye-mal-LE mi-KHA et-YAD ha-le-VI va-ye-HI-LO ha-na-AR le-kho-HEN va-ye-HI be-VET mi-KHA
Exegesis
A subsequent clause vayehi-lo ha-naar le-kohen {וַיְהִי־ל֥וֹ הַנַּעַר לְכֹהֵ֑ן | wayyaḥî-lō ha-nāʿar le-kōhên} ‘and he became for him the young man as priest’ expresses relational status, and the final clause vayehi be-beit Mikhah {וַיְהִי בְּבֵ֥ית מִיכָֽה׃ | wayyaḥî bə-bêṯ Mî-kāh} ‘and he was in the house of Micah’ establishes location. These structures are rendered with English past-tense verbs and prepositions to preserve the source’s narrative sequence and designation nuance.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf–he–nun
“to serve as priest”
In context — Judges 17:12
And Micah installed the Levite , and the young man became his priest, and he was in the house of Micah.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:12:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Judges 17:12, so the Hebrew word לְכֹהֵ֑ן (lekhohen) 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 Judg.17.12.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.12.W7.S1) and character.