Judges 19:16:3Judg.19.16.W3TAB
זָקֵ֗ן
zaken
“old”
- Transliteration
- za-KEN
- Extended
- zaa-KEEN
- IPA
- /zaːˈqeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- old
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
za-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN
- clause
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A
- sentence
ve-hi-NE ISH za-KEN BA min-ma-a-SE-hu min-ha-sa-DE ba-E-rev ve-ha-ISH me-HAR e-fra-YIM ve-HU-GAR ba-giv-A ve-an-SHE ha-ma-KOM be-NE ye-mi-NI
Exegesis
The noun phrase ish zaken {אִישׁ זָקֵן | ʾiš za-qēn} serves as the subject of the main verb ba {בָּא | bā} ‘came’.
Root and etymology
z-q-nz-q-n
“to be old, elder”
In context — Judges 19:16
And behold, an old man came from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim and was sojourning in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjaminites .
About this coordinate
Judges 19:16:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Judges 19:16, so the Hebrew word זָקֵ֗ן (zaken) 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 Judg.19.16.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.19.16.W3.S1) and character.