2 Chronicles 16:7:182 Chr.16.7.W18TAB
עַל־כֵּ֗ן
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
va-yo-MER e-LAV be-hish-SHA-en-kha al-ME-lekh a-RAM ve-LO nish-a-NA-ta al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha al-KEN nim-LAT KHEL ME-lekh-a-RAM mi-ya-DE-kha
- sentence
u-va-ET ha-HI BA kha-na-NI ha-ro-E el-a-SA ME-lekh ye-hu-DA va-yo-MER e-LAV be-hish-SHA-en-kha al-ME-lekh a-RAM ve-LO nish-a-NA-ta al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha al-KEN nim-LAT KHEL ME-lekh-a-RAM mi-ya-DE-kha
Exegesis
The result marker ‘al-kēn {עַל־כֵּ֗ן | ‘al-kēn} introduces the outcome: nimlaṭ {נִמְלַ֛ט | nim-laṭ} ‘escaped,’ referring to the Aramean ḥēyl {חֵ֥יל | ḥēyîl} slipping from miyādeḵā {מִיָּדֶֽךָ | mi-yā-ḏe-ḵā}. English employs subject–verb–object order and idiomatic phrasing to convey the prophetic rebuke and its theological point on trust.
In context — 2 Chronicles 16:7
At that moment Hanani the seer approached Asa, king of Judah, and declared, “Because your trust was placed in the king of Aram instead of in the LORD your God , the Aramean army has escaped from your hand.”
About this coordinate
2 Chronicles 16:7:18 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 18 of 2 Chronicles 16:7, 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 2 Chr.16.7.W18, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Chr.16.7.W18.S1) and character.