Numbers 14:43:8Num.14.43.W8TAB
כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן
kialken
“for because”
- Transliteration
- ki-al-KEN
- Extended
- kee-al-KEHN
- IPA
- /kiː.ʕal.keːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- for because
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
ki-al-KEN
- phraseyour reading level
ki-al-KEN shav-TEM
- clause
ki-al-KEN shav-TEM me-a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-yi-he-YEH Ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM
- sentence
KI ha-a-ma-LE-ki ve-ha-ke-na-a-NI SHAM lif-NEI-khem u-ne-fal-TEM be-KHA-rev ki-al-KEN shav-TEM me-a-kha-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-LO-yi-he-YEH Ye-ho-VAH im-ma-KHEM
Exegesis
The conjunctive ki-al-ken {כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן | kî-‘al-kên} reinforces divine rationale, linking to shavtem {שַׁבְתֶּם | šav-tem} “turned away” from meacharei YHWH {מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה | me-‘a-ḥă-rê yə-hō-wāh}, signaling covenant infidelity.
In context — Numbers 14:43
For the Amalekite and the Canaanite are there before you, and you will fall by the sword, therefore you have turned away from the LORD , and the LORD will not be with you.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:43:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 14:43, so the Hebrew word כִּֽי־עַל־כֵּ֤ן (kialken) 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.14.43.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.43.W8.S1) and character.