Leviticus 14:18:11Lev.14.18.W11TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /hak.koˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the priest
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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
- clause
ve-ki-PER a-LAV ha-ko-HEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
veh-ha-noh-TAR ba-SHE-men a-SHER al-KAF ha-ko-HEN yit-TEN al-ROSH ha-mi-ta-HER ve-ki-PER a-LAV ha-ko-HEN lif-NEI Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative pronoun ʾăsher {אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾă-šer} ‘which’ introduces a restrictive clause, and the locative phrase ʿal-kap̄ hākōhên {עַל־כַּף הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | ʿal-kap̄ ha-kō-hên} ‘on the priest’s palm’ specifies the oil’s placement.
The final clause hakōhên lif-nê YHWH {הַכֹּהֵן לִפְנֵי יְהוָה | ha-kō-hên lip-nê yə-hō-wāh} ‘the priest before the LORD’ sets the divine presence as the locus of ritual efficacy. English structure demands splitting into two sentences for clarity while preserving the sequential ritual flow.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf-he-nun
“to serve as priest”
In context — Leviticus 14:18
And the remainder of the oil on the palm of the priest he shall put on the head of the one being cleansed; and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:18:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Leviticus 14:18, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֖ן (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.14.18.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.18.W11.S1) and character.