Exodus 17:6:15Exod.17.6.W15TAB

כֵּן֙

ken

so

Transliteration
KEN
Extended
KEHN
IPA
/ˈkeːn/

Meaning by language

English
so

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    KEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    va-YA-as KEN

  3. clause

    va-YA-as KEN mo-SHE le-ay-NEY zik-NEY yis-ra-EL

  4. sentence

    hin-NEE o-MED le-fa-NE-kha SHAM al-ha-TSUR be-kho-REV ve-hi-KEE-ta va-TSUR ve-yats-OO mi-MEN-nu MA-yim ve-sha-TA ha-AM va-YA-as KEN mo-SHE le-ay-NEY zik-NEY yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

The narrative resumes with vayya’as ken moshe {וַיַּעַשׂ כֵּן מֹשֶׁה | way-ya-ʿaś kēn mō-šeh} ‘and Moses did thus,’ indicating compliance.

In contextExodus 17:6

Behold, I stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; you are to strike the rock, and water will emerge from it for the people to drink. And Moses acted accordingly in the sight of the elders of Israel.

About this coordinate

Exodus 17:6:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 17:6, so the Hebrew word כֵּן֙ (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 Exod.17.6.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.17.6.W15.S1) and character.