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
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
- phraseyour reading level
va-yik-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN ET
- 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 context — Numbers 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.