Numbers 19:4:3Num.19.4.W3TAB
הַכֹּהֵ֛ן
hakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- hah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /haˈkoːheːn/
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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Word in context
- word
ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-la-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN mi-da-MAH be-ets-ba-O
- sentence
ve-la-KAKH el-a-ZAR ha-ko-HEN mi-da-MAH be-ets-ba-O ve-hiz-ZAH el-NO-kakh pe-NEI O-hel-mo-ED mi-da-MAH SHE-va pe-a-MIM
Exegesis
It is followed by the explicit agent Elʿazar {אֶלְעָזָ֧ר | ʾel-ʿā-zar} ‘Eleazar’ with the title hakohen {הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | ha-kô-ḥên} ‘the priest’, defining the officiant.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf-heh-nun
“to serve as priest”
In context — Numbers 19:4
Then Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle the blood seven times toward the front of the tent of meeting.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 19:4, so the Hebrew word הַכֹּהֵ֛ן (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.19.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.4.W3.S1) and character.