Genesis 39:4:3Gen.39.4.W3TAB
חֵ֛ן
khen
“favor”
- Transliteration
- KHEN
- Extended
- KHEHN
- IPA
- /ˈħeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- favor
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KHEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-yim-TSA yo-SEF KHEN
- clause
va-yim-TSA yo-SEF KHEN be-ei-NAV va-ye-SHA-ret o-TO
- sentence
va-yim-TSA yo-SEF KHEN be-ei-NAV va-ye-SHA-ret o-TO va-yaf-ki-DE-hu al-bei-TO ve-khol-yesh-LO na-TAN be-ya-DO
Exegesis
The narrative advances through a series of wayyiqtol clauses beginning with vayimtsa {וַיִּמְצָא | wayyimṣāʾ} ‘and he found’, which links Joseph {יוֹסֵף | yôsēp̄} to the discovery of chen {חֵן | ḥēn} ‘favor’ in his master’s eyes.
Root and etymology
Rootchet–nun–nun
“graciousness”
In context — Genesis 39:4
And Joseph found favor in his eyes, and he served him; and he set him as overseer over his house , and he placed all that he had into his hand.
About this coordinate
Genesis 39:4:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 39:4, so the Hebrew word חֵ֛ן (khen) 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.39.4.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.39.4.W3.S1) and character.