1 Samuel 19:24:131 Sam.19.24.W13TAB
עַל־כֵּן֙
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- ahl-KEEN
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 yo-me-RU ha-GAM sha-UL ban-ne-vi-IM
- sentence
va-yif-SHAT gam-HU be-ga-DAV va-yit-na-BE gam-HU lif-NE she-mu-EL va-yi-POL a-ROM kol-ha-YOM ha-HU ve-khol-ha-LAI-la al-KEN yo-me-RU ha-GAM sha-UL ban-ne-vi-IM
Exegesis
The causal conjunction alken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kēn} introduces the result clause yomeru hagam shaul banneviim {יֹאמְרוּ הֲגַם שָׁאוּל בַּנְּבִיאִֽם | yōʾmerû hagām šāʼûl bannəvîʾîm}, a rhetorical question reflecting communal astonishment. The English SVO order preserves the emphasis of repetition and perfect verbal forms.
In context — 1 Samuel 19:24
And he also stripped off his garments and also prophesied before Samuel; and he lay naked all that day and all that night. Therefore, they say, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 19:24:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 19:24, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּן֙ (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 Sam.19.24.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.19.24.W13.S1) and character.