Leviticus 27:21:9Lev.27.21.W9TAB
לַכֹּהֵ֖ן
lakohen
“to the priest”
- Transliteration
- la-ko-HEN
- Extended
- lah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /lak.ko.ˈheːn/
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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Word in context
- word
la-ko-HEN
- clause
la-ko-HEN tih-YEH a-khoo-zah-TO
- sentence
veh-hah-YAA ha-sa-DEH beh-tseh-TO ba-yoh-VEL KO-desh la-ye-ho-VAH kis-DEH ha-HE-rem la-ko-HEN tih-YEH a-khoo-zah-TO
Exegesis
The concluding clause laKohen tihyeh achuzzato {לַכֹּהֵן תִּהְיֶה אֲחֻזָּתֽוֹ | la-kō-hên ti-hyêh ʾa-ḥu-zzā-tô} ‘to the priest it shall be his possession’ expresses the legal transfer of ownership. English syntax closely mirrors the Hebrew sequence, clarifying the shift from release to consecration to inheritance.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf-he-nun
“to serve; to minister”
In context — Leviticus 27:21
And the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, like a field wholly dedicated; it shall belong to the priest as his possession.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 27:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 27:21, 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.27.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.27.21.W9.S1) and character.