2 Samuel 20:21:12 Sam.20.21.W1TAB
לֹא־כֵ֣ן
lokhen
“not so”
- Transliteration
- lo-KHEN
- Extended
- loh-KHEEN
- IPA
- /loːˈxen/
Meaning by language
- English
- not so
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
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR
- clause
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR
- sentence
lo-KHEN ha-da-VAR KI ISH me-HAR e-fe-RA-yim SHE-va ben-bik-RI she-MO na-SA ya-DO ba-ME-lekh be-da-VID te-NU-O-to le-va-DO ve-el-KHA me-AL ha-IR va-to-MER ha-i-SHA el-yo-AV hi-NE ro-SHO mush-LAKH e-LE-kha be-AD ha-kho-MA
Exegesis
The verse begins with lo-khen {לֹא־כֵ֣ן | lō-kên} ‘not so,’ an emphatic negation.
In context — 2 Samuel 20:21
The matter is not so. For a man from the hill country of Ephraim, named Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted his hand against the king, against David. “Hand him over alone, and I will withdraw from the city.” The woman said to Joab, “Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of 2 Samuel 20:21, so the Hebrew word לֹא־כֵ֣ן (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 Sam.20.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.21.W1.S1) and character.