Open English Translation (OET)

Hebrew wordlink #211831

OSHB 2 Chr 26:20 כֹהֵן (kohēn) Strongs=3548 Lemma=‘כֹּהֵן’
contextual word gloss=‘the_priest_of’ word gloss=‘priest_of’
Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct
Year=-810

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Other uses (2) of identical word form כֹהֵן (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘כֹהֵן’ (Morphology=Ncmsc PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=construct) is always and only glossed as ‘the_priest_of’.

EXO 18:1 contextual word gloss=‘the_priest_of’ word gloss=‘priest_of’ OSHB EXO 18:1 word 3

OET-LV: 18 and_he/it _listened Yitrō/(Jethro) the _priest _of Midyān the _father-in-law _of Mosheh DOM all _of that he _had _done god for_Mosheh and_for_Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) people _of_his if/because _that he _had _brought _out YHWH DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_Miʦrayim/(Egypt). (EXO_18:1)

OET-RV: 18 Now Yetro (Jethro), the priest at Midian and Mosheh’s father-in-law, heard about everything that God had done for Mosheh and for his people the Israelis—that Yahweh had brought the Israelis out of Egypt. (EXO 18:1)

2 CHR 19:11 contextual word gloss=‘the_priest_of’ word gloss=‘priest_of’ OSHB 2 CHR 19:11 word 3

OET-LV: 11 And_see/lo/see ʼAmar^yāh the _priest _of the _head will_be_over _you(pl) to_all/each/any/every (the)_matter _of YHWH and_Zəⱱad^yāh the _son _of Yishmāˊ^ʼēl/(Ishmael) the_leader of_the _house _of of _Yəhūdāh/(Judah) to_all/each/any/every (the)_matter _of the_king and_will _be_officials the_Lēviyyiy before_you(pl) be _strong and_act and_let _it _be YHWH with the_good. (CH2_19:11)

OET-RV: 11 And listen, the chief priest Amaryah is over you all in any religious matter, and Yishmael’s son Zevady is the leader of Yehudah for any civil matter concerning the king. Also you have the Levite officials to assist you all. Act with courage and let Yahweh assist those doing what’s right.” (CH2 19:11)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘כֹּהֵן’’ have 6 different glosses: ‘(of)_a_priest’, ‘[are]_a_priest’, ‘[was]_a_priest’, ‘a_priest’, ‘priest’, ‘the_priest_of’.