Numbers 24:22:4Num.24.22.W4TAB
קָ֑יִן
kayin
“Kain”
- Transliteration
- KA-yin
- Extended
- KAH-yeen
- IPA
- /ˈkajin/
Meaning by language
- English
- Kain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
KA-yin
- phraseyour reading level
le-va-ER KA-yin
- clause
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin
- sentence
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
Exegesis
The Piel infinitive construct le-vaʿer {לְבָעֵר | lə-vāʿēr} ‘to burn up’ governs the proper noun kayin {קָיִן | qāyīn} ‘Kenite’, establishing a hypothetical judgment.
Root and etymology
qof–yod–nunq-y-n
“smith, metalworker”
In context — Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite will be burned up , until Assyria carries you away captive.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:22:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 24:22, so the Hebrew word קָ֑יִן (kayin) 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.24.22.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.22.W4.S1) and character.