Numbers 5:8:10Num.5.8.W10TAB
לַכֹּהֵ֑ן
lakohen
“to the priest”
- Transliteration
- la-ko-HEN
- Extended
- lah-koh-HEN
- IPA
- /lakoˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the priest
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 | |
| 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
la-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-IM-EIN la-ISH go-EL le-ha-SHIV ha-a-SHAM e-LAV ha-a-SHAM ha-mu-SHAV la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN
- sentence
ve-IM-EIN la-ISH go-EL le-ha-SHIV ha-a-SHAM e-LAV ha-a-SHAM ha-mu-SHAV la-ye-ho-VAH la-ko-HEN mil-le-VAD EIL ha-ki-pu-RIM a-SHER ye-ka-PER-BO a-LAV
Exegesis
Recipients lā-YHWH {לַיהוָה | lā-YHWH} ‘to the LORD’ and lā-kō-hên {לַכֹּהֵן | lā-kō-hên} ‘for the priest’ specify divine and cultic allocation.
Root and etymology
k-h-nkaf–he–nun
“priest”
In context — Numbers 5:8
And if the one wronged has no redeemer to whom restitution for the wrong may be restored, the restitution to be restored shall belong to the LORD for the priest, apart from the ram of atonement which atones for him.
About this coordinate
Numbers 5:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 5:8, so the Hebrew word לַכֹּהֵ֑ן (lakohen) 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.5.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.5.8.W10.S1) and character.