2 Samuel 15:1:32 Sam.15.1.W3TAB
כֵ֔ן
ken
“thus”
- Transliteration
- KEN
- Extended
- KEHN
- IPA
- /ˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus
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
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-kha-RE KEN
- clause
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The temporal phrase me’acharei ken {מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן | mê-ʾa-ḥarê kēn} ‘after this’ establishes sequential context.
In context — 2 Samuel 15:1
And it came to pass after this , that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men running before him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word כֵ֔ן (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 Sam.15.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.1.W3.S1) and character.