2 Kings 17:9:52 Kgs.17.9.W5TAB
לֹא־כֵ֔ן
lokhen
“not so, not right”
- Transliteration
- lo-KHEN
- Extended
- loh-KEEN
- IPA
- /loːˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- not so, not right
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
lo-KHEN
- phraseyour reading level
a-SHER lo-KHEN
- clause
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem
- sentence
va-ye-kha-PE-u ve-NEI-yis-ra-EL de-va-RIM a-SHER lo-KHEN al-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-hem va-yiv-NU la-HEM ba-MOT be-khol-a-re-HEM mim-mig-DAL no-tse-RIM ad-IR miv-TSAR
Exegesis
The noun devarim {דְּבָרִים֙ | də-ḇā-rîm} ‘matters’ introduces the relative clause asher lo-ken {אֲשֶׁר לֹא־כֵן | ’ă-šer lō kên} ‘that were not right.’
In context — 2 Kings 17:9
And the sons of Israel acted in secret and did things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built for themselves high places in all their cities, from the watchmen’s tower to the fortified city.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 2 Kings 17:9, so the Hebrew word לֹא־כֵ֔ן (lokhen) 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 Kgs.17.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.9.W5.S1) and character.