כֵּ֛ן

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כֵּ֛ן

   KEN

   thus
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן

   ve-a-KHAR KEN

   afterward thus
3. clause🔊 וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

   ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit

   afterward thus the priest come see the house
4. sentence🔊 וְצִוָּ֨ה הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וּפִנּ֣וּ אֶת־הַבַּ֗יִת בְּטֶ֨רֶם יָבֹ֤א הַכֹּהֵן֙ לִרְא֣וֹת אֶת־הַנֶּ֔גַע וְלֹ֥א יִטְמָ֖א כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּבָּ֑יִת וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת׃

   ve-tsi-VAH ha-koh-HEN oo-fi-NOO et-ha-BA-yit be-TE-rem ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-NE-ga ve-LO yit-MA kol-a-SHER ba-BA-yit ve-a-KHAR KEN ya-VO ha-koh-HEN lir-OT et-ha-BAA-yit

   the priest command empty the house before the priest come see the disease all that in the house not become unclean afterward thus the priest come see the house

Exegesis

Finally, the phrase ve-a-khar ken ya-vo ha-kohen lir-ot et-ha-bayit {וְאַ֥חַר כֵּ֛ן יָבֹ֥א הַכֹּהֵ֖ן לִרְא֥וֹת אֶת־הַבָּֽיִת | wǝʾaḥar kēn yāḇōʾ hakkôhēn lirʾôt ʾet-habbāyîṯ} ‘and afterward thus the priest comes to inspect the house’ resumes the narrative sequence, marking the ritual’s completion. Translation renders Hebrew infinitive constructs with English finite verbs introduced by explicit temporal conjunctions to mirror the original’s causal and temporal flow.