Judges 21:12:20Judg.21.12.W20TAB
כְּנָֽעַן׃
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-NA-an
- Extended
- keh-NAA-ahn
- IPA
- /kəˈnaː.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Canaan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ke-NA-an
- phraseyour reading level
be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- clause
va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yim-TSE-u mi-yo-she-VE ya-VESH gil-AD ar-BA me-OT na-a-RA ve-tu-LA a-SHER lo-ya-de-A ISH le-mish-KAV za-KHAR va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an
Exegesis
The final relative clause ’ăšer bᵉ’ērēṣ Kᵉnā‘ān {אֲשֶׁר בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן | ’ăšer bə-ʾě·rěṣ kᵉ-nà‛ăn} ‘which is in the land of Canaan’ situates the location.
In context — Judges 21:12
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who were virgins and who had not known a man by lying with a male , and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan.
About this coordinate
Judges 21:12:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Judges 21:12, so the Hebrew word כְּנָֽעַן׃ (kenaan) 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.21.12.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.21.12.W20.S1) and character.