Hosea 13:3:1Hos.13.3.W1TAB
לָכֵ֗ן
lakhen
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- la-KHEN
- Extended
- laa-KHEHN
- IPA
- /laːˈχeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
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Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-KHEN
- clause
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH
- sentence
la-KHEN yih-HE-YU ke-a-NAN-BO-ker ve-kha-TAL mash-KIM ho-LEKH ke-MOTS ye-so-ER mi-go-REN u-kha-SHAN me-a-ru-BA
Exegesis
The verse begins with lakhen {לָכֵן | lā-ḵēn} ‘therefore’, signaling a conclusion.
In context — Hosea 13:3
Therefore they will be like a morning cloud and like the dew that goes early away, like chaff driven from the threshing floor and like smoke from a window.
About this coordinate
Hosea 13:3:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Hosea 13:3, so the Hebrew word לָכֵ֗ן (lakhen) 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 Hos.13.3.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.13.3.W1.S1) and character.