Leviticus 14:36:17Lev.14.36.W17TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן
hakohhen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-koh-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-koh-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
ya-VO ha-koh-HEN
- clause
ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit
- sentence
ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN oo-fi-NOO et-ha-BA-yit be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-NE-ga ve-LO yit-MA kol-a-SHER ba-BA-yit ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit
Exegesis
The clause be-terem ya-vo ha-kohen lir-ot et-ha-nega {בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָבֹ֤א הַכֹּהֵן֙ לִרְא֣וֹת אֶת־הַנֶּ֔גַע | bəṯerem yāḇōʾ hakkôhēn lirʾôt ʾet-hannegeʿ} employs a prepositional infinitive construct to express the preventative condition (‘before the priest comes to inspect the plague’).
Finally, the phrase ve-a-khar ken ya-vo ha-kohen lir-ot et-ha-bayit {וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת | wǝʾaḥar kēn yāḇōʾ hakkôhēn lirʾôt ʾet-habbāyîṯ} ‘and afterward thus the priest comes to inspect the house’ resumes the narrative sequence, marking the ritual’s completion. Translation renders Hebrew infinitive constructs with English finite verbs introduced by explicit temporal conjunctions to mirror the original’s causal and temporal flow.
Root and etymology
RootKaf–He–Nun
“to serve; officiate”
In context — Leviticus 14:36
And the priest shall command that they clear out the house before the priest comes to inspect the plague , so that nothing in the house will become unclean. Afterward the priest shall come to inspect the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:36:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 14:36, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֖ן (hakohhen) 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.14.36.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.36.W17.S1) and character.