Leviticus 16:32:8Lev.16.32.W8TAB
לְכַהֵ֖ן
lekahen
“to serve as priest”
- Transliteration
- le-ka-HEN
- Extended
- leh-kah-HEHN
- IPA
- /lə.kaˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to serve as priest
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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
le-ka-HEN
- clause
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV
- sentence
ve-kip-PER ha-ko-HEN a-SHER-yim-SHAKH o-TO va-a-SHER ye-mal-LE et-ya-DO le-ka-HEN TA-khat a-VIV ve-la-VASH eht-big-DEE ha-BAD big-DEE ha-KO-desh
Exegesis
The infinitive le-kohen {לְכַהֵן | lǝ-ḵǎ-hēn} ‘to serve as priest’ denotes vocation, with tachat aviv {תַּחַת אָבִ֑יו | ṭǎ-ḥaṯ ʾa-vîw} ‘under his father’ indicating hereditary succession.
Root and etymology
כ- ה- ןk-h-n
“minister, officiate”
In context — Leviticus 16:32
And the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve in place of his father shall make atonement, and he shall put on the linen garments .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 16:32:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 16:32, so the Hebrew word לְכַהֵ֖ן (lekahen) 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.16.32.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.16.32.W8.S1) and character.