2 Kings 18:21:172 Kgs.18.21.W17TAB
כֵּ֚ן
ken
“so”
- Transliteration
- KEN
- Extended
- KEEN
- IPA
- /ˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- so
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
KEN
- clause
KEN par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM le-khol-ha-bot-khim a-LAV
- sentence
a-TA hi-NE va-takh-TA le-KHA al-mi-she-E-net ha-ka-NE ha-ra-TSUTS ha-ZE al-mits-ra-YIM a-SHER yi-sa-MEKH ISH a-LAV u-VA ve-kha-PO u-ne-ka-VA KEN par-O ME-lekh-mits-ra-YIM le-khol-ha-bot-khim a-LAV
Exegesis
The adversative ken {כֵּן | ken} ‘thus’ establishes the simile relating Pharaoh melekh-mitsrayim {מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם | me·le·k-miṣ·rā·yim} as equally unreliable to those who trust in him. This structure emphasizes both the fragility of Egypt and the folly of political dependency.
In context — 2 Kings 18:21
Now, behold, you have trusted upon the staff of this broken reed; on Egypt, which, if a man leans upon it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust upon him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:21:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 18:21, so the Hebrew word כֵּ֚ן (ken) 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.18.21.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.21.W17.S1) and character.