Judges 18:4:10Judg.18.4.W10TAB
לְכֹהֵֽן׃
lekhohen
“a priest”
- Transliteration
- le-kho-HEN
- Extended
- leh-khoh-HEEN
- IPA
- /ləχoːˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
- sentence
va-YO-mer a-le-HEM ka-ZO ve-kha-ZE a-SA LI mi-KHA va-yis-ke-RE-ni va-e-HI-LO le-kho-HEN
Exegesis
Sequential vav-consecutive clauses vayyisqereni {וַיִּשְׂכְּרֵ֕נִי | wayyiśqerenî} ‘and he hired me’ and waehilo {וָאֱהִי־ל֖וֹ | wāʾehî-law} ‘and I became for him’ maintain narrative progression, leading into the infinitive le-kohen {לְכֹהֵֽן | lə-kōhên} which expresses purpose ‘to be a priest.’
Root and etymology
Rootkaf–he–nun
“priest; officiant”
In context — Judges 18:4
And he said to them, “Such and such has Micah done for me; he has hired me, and I have become his priest .”
About this coordinate
Judges 18:4:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Judges 18:4, 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.18.4.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.4.W10.S1) and character.