Joshua 21:42:8Josh.21.42.W8TAB
כֵּ֖ן
ken
“thus”
- Transliteration
- KEN
- Extended
- KEHN
- IPA
- /ˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- thus
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
KEN
- clause
KEN le-KHOL-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
- sentence
tih-yei-NAH he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh IR IR u-mig-ra-SHE-ha se-vi-vo-TE-ha KEN le-KHOL-he-a-RIM ha-EI-leh
Exegesis
The adverb kēn {כֵּן | kēn} signals a concluding summary, and the phrase ləkol hāʾellēh {לְכָל־הֶעָרִים הָאֵֽלֶּה | ləkol hāʾellēh} ‘for all these cities’ generalizes the rule. The English rendering preserves Hebrew distributive emphasis and clarifies each city’s territorial bounds.
Root and etymology
k-nkaf–nun
“so, thus, established”
In context — Joshua 21:42
These cities shall be each with its pasturelands surrounding it, thus for all these cities.
About this coordinate
Joshua 21:42:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Joshua 21:42, so the Hebrew word כֵּ֖ן (ken) 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 Josh.21.42.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.21.42.W8.S1) and character.