Judges 17:5:14Judg.17.5.W14TAB
לְכֹהֵֽן׃
lekhohen
“as priest”
- Transliteration
- le-kho-HEN
- Extended
- leh-khoh-HEEN
- IPA
- /ləxoˈheːn/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
le-kho-HEN
- clause
va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH mi-KHA LO BET e-lo-HIM va-ya-AS e-FOD u-te-ra-FIM va-ye-ma-LE ET-YAD a-KHAD mi-ba-NAV va-ye-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
The final clause vayehi-lo le-kohen {וַיְהִי־ל֖וֹ לְכֹהֵֽן | way-yehî-lō lə-kō-hên} ‘and he became for him as priest’ completes the portrayal of transferring cultic authority.
Root and etymology
k-h-n
“priest”
In context — Judges 17:5
And the man Micah had a house of gods , and he made an ephod and household gods, and he consecrated the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.
About this coordinate
Judges 17:5:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 17:5, so the Hebrew word לְכֹהֵֽן׃ (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.17.5.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.17.5.W14.S1) and character.