Judges 18:17:14Judg.18.17.W14TAB
וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן
vehakohen
“and the priest”
- Transliteration
- ve-ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- veh-hah-koh-HEEN
- IPA
- /wəha.koˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and the priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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 | |
| 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
ve-ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
- sentence
va-ya-A-lu kha-ME-shet ha-a-na-SHIM ha-hol-KHIM le-rag-GEL et-ha-A-rets ba-U SHA-ma la-KHU et-ha-PE-sel ve-et-ha-e-FOD ve-et-ha-te-ra-FIM ve-et-ha-mas-SE-kha ve-ha-ko-HEN ni-TSAV PE-takh ha-SHA-ar ve-SHESH-me-OT ha-ISH he-kha-GUR ke-LE ha-mil-kha-MA
Exegesis
The narrative then shifts focus with ve-hakohen {וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן | wə-hā-kō-hên} ‘and the priest’ nitsav {נִצָּב֙ | nits-sāḇ} ‘standing.’
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf–he–nun
“to serve”
In context — Judges 18:17
And five of the men who went to spy out the land went up; they came there and took the carved image , the ephod, the teraphim, and the cast image. Then the priest stood at the entrance of the gate with the six hundred armed men.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:17:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 18:17, so the Hebrew word וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן (vehakohen) 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.18.17.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.17.W14.S1) and character.