Leviticus 13:6:14Lev.13.6.W14TAB
הַכֹּהֵן֙
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /hakkoˈheːn/
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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Word in context
- word
ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN mis-pa-KHAT hi ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ta-HER
- sentence
ve-ra-AH ha-ko-HEN o-TO ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE she-NIT ve-hin-NEH ke-HAH ha-NE-ga ve-LO-fa-SA ha-NE-ga ba-OR ve-ti-ha-RO ha-ko-HEN mis-pa-KHAT hi ve-ki-BES be-ga-DAV ve-ta-HER
Exegesis
The subject ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵ֨ן | ha·kō·hên} ‘the priest’ recurs as the ritual assessor in the Levitical diagnostic chain.
Root and etymology
k-h-nKaf-Het-Nun
“priest, officiate”
In context — Leviticus 13:6
And the priest shall examine him again on the seventh day, and behold, if the infection has faded and has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. He shall wash his clothes, and he will be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:6:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 13:6, 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.13.6.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.6.W14.S1) and character.