כֵּ֤ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֵּ֤ן

   KEN

   so or thus
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כֵּ֤ן אָֽהֲבוּ֙

   KEN a-ha-VU

   so or thus they loved
3. clause🔊 כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה כֵּ֤ן אָֽהֲבוּ֙ לָנ֔וּעַ רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א חָשָׂ֑כוּ

   ko-O-mar Ye-ho-VAH la-AM ha-ZEH KEN a-ha-VU la-NU-a rag-le-E-hem LO kha-sa-KHU

   thus said the LORD to the people this so or thus they loved to wander their feet not they held back or restrained
4. sentence🔊 כֹּֽה־אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֗ה כֵּ֤ן אָֽהֲבוּ֙ לָנ֔וּעַ רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם לֹ֣א חָשָׂ֑כוּ וַיהוָה֙ לֹ֣א רָצָ֔ם עַתָּה֙ יִזְכֹּ֣ר עֲוֺנָ֔ם וְיִפְקֹ֖ד חַטֹּאתָֽם׃

   ko-O-mar Ye-ho-VAH la-AM ha-ZEH KEN a-ha-VU la-NU-a rag-le-E-hem LO kha-sa-KHU va-ye-ho-VAH LO ra-TSAM a-TA yiz-KOR a-vo-NAM ve-yif-KOD kha-to-TA-m

   thus said the LORD to the people this so or thus they loved to wander their feet not they held back or restrained and the LORD not accepted them or was pleased with them now he will remember their iniquity and he will attend to or punish their sins

Exegesis

The adverb + perfect construction kēn ā-hă-ḇû lā-nû-ʿaʿ {כֵּן אָֽהֲבוּ לָנוּעַ | kēn ā-hă-ḇû lā-nû-ʿaʿ} conveys habitual desire “thus they love to wander.”