Leviticus 14:35:5Lev.14.35.W5TAB
לַכֹּהֵ֖ן
lakohen
“to the priest”
- Transliteration
- la-ko-HEN
- Extended
- lah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /la.koˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
la-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-GEED la-ko-HEN
- clause
u-BA a-sher-LO ha-BA-yit ve-hi-GEED la-ko-HEN leh-MOR
- sentence
u-BA a-sher-LO ha-BA-yit ve-hi-GEED la-ko-HEN leh-MOR khe-NE-ga nir-AA LI ba-BAA-yit
Root and etymology
Rootkaf-heh-nun
“to serve, minister as priest”
In context — Leviticus 14:35
And the owner of the house comes and reports to the priest , saying, “Something like a plague has appeared to me in the house.”
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:35:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Leviticus 14:35, so the Hebrew word לַכֹּהֵ֖ן (lakohen) 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.14.35.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.35.W5.S1) and character.