Genesis 19:22:11Gen.19.22.W11TAB
עַל־כֵּ֛ן
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- ahl-KEN
- IPA
- /ʕal.ˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
al-KEN
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
- sentence
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
Exegesis
The inferential particle 'al-ken {עַל־כֵּן | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’ leads the etiological clause where kara {קָרָא | qārāʾ} governs shem-ha'ir {שֵׁם־הָעִיר | šēm-hāʿîr} ‘the name of the city’ with Tso'ar {צֹעַר | ṣōʿar} as the resulting toponym.
In context — Genesis 19:22
Swiftly flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:22:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Genesis 19:22, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֛ן (alken) 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.19.22.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.22.W11.S1) and character.