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

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Result
כְּ + נָֽ + עַן׃
ke + na + an
kenaan

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-NA-an

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-rets ke-NA-an

  3. clause

    va-ya-VI-u o-TAM el-ha-ma-kha-NE shi-LO a-SHER be-E-rets ke-NA-an

  4. 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 contextJudges 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.