Leviticus 13:27:9Lev.13.27.W9TAB
הַכֹּהֵן֙
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /ha.kko.ˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN
- clause
im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN o-TO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HI
- sentence
ve-ra-A-hu ha-ko-HEN bay-YOM hash-she-vi-I im-pa-SOH tif-SEH bah-OR veh-tim-MEH ha-ko-HEN o-TO NE-ga tsa-ra-AT HI
Exegesis
The subject, hakohen {הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hak-kō-hên}, performs assessment at bayom hashvi’i {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י | ba-yôm haš-šə-ḇī-‘î} ‘on the seventh day,’ setting a fixed temporal framework.
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-heh-nun
“to serve as priest”
In context — Leviticus 13:27
And the priest will examine him on the seventh day, and if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest will declare him unclean; it is a mark of leprosy .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:27:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 13:27, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵן֙ (hakohen) 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 Lev.13.27.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.27.W9.S1) and character.