1 Chronicles 21:24:71 Chr.21.24.W7TAB
אֶקְנֶ֖ה
ekene
“I will buy”
- Transliteration
- e-ke-NE
- Extended
- eh-keh-NEH
- IPA
- /ʔɛqˈnɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- I will buy
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
e-ke-NE
- phraseyour reading level
ki-ka-NO e-ke-NE
- clause
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh da-VID le-OR-nan LO ki-ka-NO e-ke-NE be-KHE-sef ma-LE
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh da-VID le-OR-nan LO ki-ka-NO e-ke-NE be-KHE-sef ma-LE KI lo-e-SA a-sher-le-KHA la-ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-a-LOT o-LA khi-NAM
Exegesis
The paired negations lōʾ kî-qānōh ʾĕqnēh {לֹא כִּי־קָנֹה אֶקְנֶה | lōʾ kî-qānōh ʾĕqnēh} create an emphatic refusal by combining the infinitive construct qānōh with the imperfect ʾĕqnēh for deliberative force.
Root and etymology
q-n-h
“to acquire”
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:24
But King David said to Ornan, “No, rather I will buy it for the full price with silver; for I will not offer what is yours to the LORD , nor offer up a burnt offering for nothing.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:24:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 1 Chronicles 21:24, so the Hebrew word אֶקְנֶ֖ה (ekene) 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.21.24.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.24.W7.S1) and character.