Genesis 17:8:10Gen.17.8.W10TAB
כְּנַ֔עַן
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-na-AN
- Extended
- keh-nah-AHN
- IPA
- /kə.na.ˈʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Canaan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-na-AN
- phraseyour reading level
kol-E-rets ke-na-AN
- clause
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
A second et introduces kol-erets kena‘an {כָּל־אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן | kol-ʾe-reṣ kə-na-ʿan} ‘all the land of Canaan’, with kol intensifying totality.
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word כְּנַ֔עַן (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 Gen.17.8.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W10.S1) and character.