Deuteronomy 20:17:5Deut.20.17.W5TAB
הַכְּנַעֲנִ֣י
hakkenaanee
“the Canaanite”
- Transliteration
- hak-ke-na-a-NEE
- Extended
- hak-ke-nah-a-NEE
- IPA
- /hak.kənaʕaˈniː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Canaanite
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
hak-ke-na-a-NEE
- phraseyour reading level
hak-ke-na-a-NEE ve-ha-pe-ri-ZEE
- clause
ki-ha-KHA-rem ta-kha-ri-MEM ha-khi-TEE ve-ha-e-mo-REE hak-ke-na-a-NEE ve-ha-pe-ri-ZEE ha-khi-VEE ve-ha-ye-vu-SEE
- sentence
ki-ha-KHA-rem ta-kha-ri-MEM ha-khi-TEE ve-ha-e-mo-REE hak-ke-na-a-NEE ve-ha-pe-ri-ZEE ha-khi-VEE ve-ha-ye-vu-SEE ka-a-SHER tsi-VE-kha Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
Exegesis
A sequence of definite nouns connected by vav—hachitti {הַחִתִּי | ha-ḥittî}, vehaemori {וְהָאֱמֹרִי | wə-ʾămôrî}, hakenaani {הַכְּנַעֲנִי | ha-kənᵊʿănî}, veha-perizzi {וְהַפְּרִזִּי | wə-ha-pᵊrizzî}, hahivvi {הַחִוִּי | ha-ḥîwî}, vehayevusi {וְהַיְבוּסִי | wə-ha-yᵉbûsî}—enumerates each people.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:17
Yet you are to utterly destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—just as the LORD your God has commanded you .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:17:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Deuteronomy 20:17, so the Hebrew word הַכְּנַעֲנִ֣י (hakkenaanee) 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 Deut.20.17.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.17.W5.S1) and character.