עַל־כֵּ֡ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַל־כֵּ֡ן

   al-KEN

   therefore or on this account
2. clause🔊 עַל־כֵּ֡ן קָרְאוּ֩ לַמָּק֨וֹם הַה֜וּא מַחֲנֵה־דָ֗ן עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הִנֵּ֕ה אַחֲרֵ֖י קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃

   al-KEN kar-E-u la-ma-KOM ha-HU ma-kha-NE-DAN AD ha-YOM ha-ZE hi-NE a-kha-RE kir-YAT ye-a-RIM

   therefore or on this account they called to the place that camp of Dan until the day this behold after or behind Kiriath Jearim {forests or woods}
3. sentence🔊 וַֽיַּעֲל֗וּ וַֽיַּחֲנ֛וּ בְּקִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִ֖ים בִּֽיהוּדָ֑ה עַל־כֵּ֡ן קָרְאוּ֩ לַמָּק֨וֹם הַה֜וּא מַחֲנֵה־דָ֗ן עַ֚ד הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֔ה הִנֵּ֕ה אַחֲרֵ֖י קִרְיַ֥ת יְעָרִֽים׃

   va-ya-a-LU va-ya-kha-NU be-kir-YAT ye-a-RIM bi-ye-hu-DA al-KEN kar-E-u la-ma-KOM ha-HU ma-kha-NE-DAN AD ha-YOM ha-ZE hi-NE a-kha-RE kir-YAT ye-a-RIM

   and they went up and they encamped in Kiriath forests or woods in Judah therefore or on this account they called to the place that camp of Dan until the day this behold after or behind Kiriath Jearim {forests or woods}

Exegesis

The conjunction al-ken {עַל־כֵּ֡ן | ‘al-kên} “therefore” introduces the resultant naming encoded by kar'u {קָרְאוּ֩ | qā-rə-’ū} “they called,” governing the construct phrase machaneh-Dan lamakom {מַחֲנֵה־דָ֗ן לַמָּק֨וֹם | mă-ḥă-nêh Dân la-mâ-qôm} “camp of Dan as the place.”