Numbers 16:37:4Num.16.37.W4TABWLC Numbers 17:2
הַכֹּהֵ֔ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /ha.kohˈheːn/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-ko-HEN
- clause
e-MOR el-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN ve-ho-TSE et-ham-makh-TOT
- sentence
e-MOR el-el-a-ZAR ben-a-ha-RON ha-ko-HEN ve-ho-TSE et-ham-makh-TOT mi-BEN has-se-re-FA ve-ET-ha-ESH ze-re-HAH hal-AH KI kad-SHU U
Root and etymology
Rootk-h-n
“priest”
In context — Numbers 16:37
Say to Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest , that he should take up the censers from among the burning and scatter the fire away yonder, for they have become holy .
About this coordinate
Numbers 16:37:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 16:37, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֔ן (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 Num.16.37.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.37.W4.S1) and character.