Numbers 16:39:3Num.16.39.W3TABWLC Numbers 17:4

הַכֹּהֵן

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

Result
הַ + כֹּ + הֵן
ha + ko + hen
hakohen

Alphabet Analysis

Heh as in house; silent at word end
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Heh as in house; silent at word end
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ha-ko-HEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET

  3. sentence

    va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET makh-TOT han-ne-KHO-shet a-SHER hik-RI-vu has-se-ru-FIM va-ya-a-SUM tsi-PUY la-miz-BE-akh

Exegesis

It is followed by the proper name Eleazar {אֶלְעָזָר | ʾelʻāzār} and the appositional title ha-kōhēn {הַכֹּהֵן | ha-kōhēn} ‘the priest’, establishing the actor.

Root and etymology

k-h-nkof-het-nun

serve as priest

In contextNumbers 16:39

And Eleazar the priest took the bronze firepans that the burned ones had offered, and they were hammered out as an overlay for the altar.

About this coordinate

Numbers 16:39:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 16:39, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵן (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.16.39.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.16.39.W3.S1) and character.