Jonah 4:2:10Jonah.4.2.W10TAB
עַל־כֵּ֥ן
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- ahl-KEEN
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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
- phraseyour reading level
al-KEN ki-dam-TI
- clause
va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA
- sentence
va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA KI ya-da-TI KI a-TA el-kha-NUN ve-ra-KHUM E-rekh a-PA-yim ve-rav-KHE-sed ve-ni-KHAM al-ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The result marker ʿal-kēn {עַל־כֵּ֥ן | ʿal-kēn} ‘therefore’ links that earlier conviction to the decisive action qiddamtî livrōaḥ {קִדַּ֖מְתִּי לִבְרֹ֣חַ | qid-dam-tî liv-rōaḥ} ‘I went ahead to flee,’ portraying Jonah’s flight as intentional and anticipatory.
In context — Jonah 4:2
And he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please, LORD, is this not my word while I was still on my land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and compassionate, slow to anger, great in steadfast love, and relenting concerning the calamity.”
About this coordinate
Jonah 4:2:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Jonah 4:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֥ן (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 Jonah.4.2.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.2.W10.S1) and character.