Nehemiah 13:30:5Neh.13.30.W5TAB
לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים
lakohanim
“for the priests”
- Transliteration
- la-ko-ha-NIM
- Extended
- lah-koh-hah-NEEM
- IPA
- /lakːohaˈniːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- for the priests
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-ko-ha-NIM
- phraseyour reading level
la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM
- clause
va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM ISH bim-la-KHET-to
- sentence
ve-ti-HAR-tim mi-KAL-ne-KHAR va-a-mi-DA mish-ma-ROT la-ko-ha-NIM ve-lal-vi-YIM ISH bim-la-KHET-to
Exegesis
The construct mishmarot la-kohanim ve-la-leviyim {מִשְׁמָרוֹת לַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַלְוִיִּים | miš-mār-ōṯ la-kkō-hă-nîm və-lă-lə-wî-yîm} parallels temple assignments to both groups.
Root and etymology
kaph–heh–nunk–h–n
“priestly minister”
In context — Nehemiah 13:30
And I purified them from all foreignness, and I appointed watches for the priests and for the Levites, each man in his task .
About this coordinate
Nehemiah 13:30:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Nehemiah 13:30, so the Hebrew word לַכֹּהֲנִ֥ים (lakohanim) 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 Neh.13.30.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.30.W5.S1) and character.