1 Kings 20:42:61 Kgs.20.42.W6TAB
יַ֛עַן
yaan
“because”
- Transliteration
- YA-an
- Extended
- YA-ahn
- IPA
- /ˈja.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- because
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Alphabet Analysis
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
YA-an
- clause
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD
- sentence
va-yo-MER e-LAV KO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH YA-an shil-LAKH-ta et-I-shi-kher-MI mi-YAD ve-ha-ye-TA NA-fe-she-kha TA-khat naf-SHO ve-am-ME-kha TA-khat a-MO
Exegesis
The conjunction yaan {יַעַן | ya-ʿan} ‘because’ introduces the cause clause headed by the Piel perfect shilakhta {שִׁלַּ֥חְתָּ | šil-lak-tā} ‘you released’, with the direct object et-ish-khermi {אֶת־אִישׁ־חֶרְמִ֖י | ʾet-ʼîš-ḥer-mî} ‘the man devoted to destruction’.
In context — 1 Kings 20:42
And he said to him, “Thus says the LORD : Because you have released the man I had devoted to destruction from your hand, your life shall go in place of his life, and your people in place of his people.”
About this coordinate
1 Kings 20:42:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Kings 20:42, so the Hebrew word יַ֛עַן (yaan) 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 Kgs.20.42.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.20.42.W6.S1) and character.