1 Chronicles 14:11:141 Chr.14.11.W14TAB
עַל־כֵּ֗ן
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- ahl-KEEN
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
al-KEN
- clause
al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
- sentence
va-ya-a-LU be-va-al-pe-ra-TSIM va-ya-KEM SHAM da-VID va-yo-MER da-VID pa-RATS ha-e-lo-HIM et-o-ye-VAI be-ya-DI ke-FE-rets MA-yim al-KEN ka-re-U shem-ha-ma-KOM ha-HU BA-al pe-ra-TSIM
Exegesis
The result clause ʿal-ken qārû šēm-hammāqōm hahû’ Bāʿal-peraṭṣim {עַל-כֵּן קָרְאוּ שֵׁם-הַמָּקוֹם הַהוּא בַּעַל פְּרָצִים | ʿal-ken qārû šēm-hammāqōm hahû’ Bāʿal-peraṭṣim} explains the origin of the commemorative place-name.
In context — 1 Chronicles 14:11
And they went up to Baal-Perazim, and there David struck them down. Then David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand like a break of waters .” Therefore, they called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 14:11:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 1 Chronicles 14:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֗ן (alken) 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 1 Chr.14.11.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.14.11.W14.S1) and character.