Deuteronomy 17:12:6Deut.17.12.W6PAT
אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֙
elhakohen
“the priest”
- Transliteration
- el-ha-ko-HEN
- Extended
- ehl-hah-koh-HEHN
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ha.koˈheːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- the priest
- French
- le prêtre
- Spanish
- el sacerdote
- Portuguese
- o sacerdote
- German
- der Priester
- Russian
- священник
- Arabic-Simplified
- الكاهن
- Hindi
- याजक
- Chinese-Simplified
- 祭司
- Korean
- 제사장
- Indonesian
- imam itu
- Bengali
- যাজক
- Tagalog
- ang pari
- Swahili
- kuhani huyo
- Amharic
- ካህኑ
- Yoruba
- alufaa naa
- Igbo
- onye nchụàjà ahụ
- Twi
- ɔsɔfo no
- Ewe
- nunɔla la
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
el-ha-ko-HEN
- phraseyour reading level
le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN
- clause
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE ve-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET
- sentence
ve-ha-ISH a-SHER-ya-a-SE ve-za-DON le-vil-TI she-MO-a el-ha-ko-HEN ha-o-MED le-sha-RET SHAM et-Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha O el-ha-sho-FET u-MET ha-ISH ha-HU u-VEE-ar-TA ha-RA mee-yis-ra-EL
In context — Deuteronomy 17:12
and the man who acts presumptuously so as not to obey the priest or the judge who stands to minister there LORD your God shall die the man that you shall purge the evil from Israel
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 17:12:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 17:12, so the Hebrew word אֶל־הַכֹּהֵן֙ (elhakohen) 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 Deut.17.12.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.17.12.W6.S1) and character.