Leviticus 24:20:14Lev.24.20.W14TAB
כֵּ֖ן
ken
“so”
- Transliteration
- KEN
- Extended
- KEHN
- IPA
- /ˈken/
Meaning by language
- English
- so
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KEN
- clause
ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
- sentence
SHE-ver TA-khat SHE-ver A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
Exegesis
The prepositional construct baadam {בָּֽאָדָם | bāʼādam} ‘in a person’ situates the offense, while ken {כֵּ֖ן | kēn} ‘thus’ finalizes the symmetrical structure. In translating, English maintains the Hebrew parallelism to preserve the solemn legal tone and rhetorical balance.
In context — Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he causes an injury to a person , so it shall be inflicted upon him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:20:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Leviticus 24:20, so the Hebrew word כֵּ֖ן (ken) 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 Lev.24.20.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.20.W14.S1) and character.