Exodus 15:15:12Exod.15.15.W12TAB
כְנָֽעַן׃
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-na-AN
- Extended
- keh-nah-AHN
- IPA
- /kə.naːˈʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Canaan
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Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-na-AN
- phraseyour reading level
yosh-VEI ke-na-AN
- clause
na-MO-gu KOL yosh-VEI ke-na-AN
- sentence
AZ niv-ha-LU al-loo-FEI e-DOM ei-LEI mo-AV yo-a-kha-ZE-mo RA-ad na-MO-gu KOL yosh-VEI ke-na-AN
Exegesis
The final clause employs niphal perfect namogu {נָמֹ֕גוּ | namogu | nā-mô-gû} together with emphatic kol yoshvei kana‘an {כֹּ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י כְנָֽעַן | kol yoshvei kana‘an | kôl yô-šĕ-ḇê kə-nā-ʿăn} to depict total collapse. This tripartite parallelism intensifies the progression from terror to trembling to melting through syntactic symmetry and repetition.
In context — Exodus 15:15
Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified; the leaders of Moab were seized by trembling; all the inhabitants of Canaan melted away.
About this coordinate
Exodus 15:15:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Exodus 15:15, so the Hebrew word כְנָֽעַן׃ (kenaan) 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 Exod.15.15.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.15.15.W12.S1) and character.