Numbers 14:28:9Num.14.28.W9TAB
כֵּ֖ן
ken
“so”
- Transliteration
- KEN
- Extended
- KEHN
- IPA
- /keːn/
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
KEN e-e-SEH la-KHEM
- sentence
e-MOR a-le-HEM KHai-A-NI ne-UM-Ye-ho-VAH IM-LO ka-a-SHER di-bar-TEM be-oz-NAI KEN e-e-SEH la-KHEM
Exegesis
The result clause ken e-eseh lachem employs ken {כֵּן | kēn} ‘thus’ to mirror the opening assertion, creating a judicial parallelism that highlights God’s attentive justice.
Root and etymology
š-k-nshin–kaf–nun
“to dwell, settle”
In context — Numbers 14:28
Say to them, ‘As I live, declares the LORD , just as you have spoken in My hearing , so I will do to you.’
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:28:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:28, 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 Num.14.28.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.28.W9.S1) and character.