Leviticus 14:39:2Lev.14.39.W2TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֖ן
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-SHAV ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-SHAV ha-ko-HEN ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE
- sentence
ve-SHAV ha-ko-HEN ba-YOM hash-she-vee-EE ve-ra-AA ve-hin-NEH pa-SA han-NE-ga be-kee-ROT ha-BA-yit
Exegesis
The subject ha-kohen {הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hā-kō-ḥên} ‘the priest’ identifies the officiant, while the temporal clause ba-yom ha-shvi'i {בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֑י | ba-yôm haš-šə-ḇî-‘î} ‘on the seventh day’ establishes the inspection interval in Levitical regulation.
Root and etymology
כ־ה־ן
“to serve”
In context — Leviticus 14:39
And the priest will return on the seventh day, and he will see; behold, the affliction has spread on the walls of the house.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Leviticus 14:39, 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.14.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.39.W2.S1) and character.