Numbers 32:5:3Num.32.5.W3TAB
חֵן֙
khen
“favor”
- Transliteration
- KHEN
- Extended
- KHEHN
- IPA
- /χeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- favor
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
KHEN
- phraseyour reading level
im-ma-tsa-NU KHEN
- clause
va-yo-OM-ru im-ma-tsa-NU KHEN be-ei-NE-kha yu-TAN et-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT la-a-va-DE-kha la-a-khu-ZA
- sentence
va-yo-OM-ru im-ma-tsa-NU KHEN be-ei-NE-kha yu-TAN et-ha-A-retz ha-ZOT la-a-va-DE-kha la-a-khu-ZA al-ta-a-vi-RE-nu et-ha-yar-DEN
Exegesis
The noun ḥên {חֵן֙ | ḥên} “favor” functions as the object in the idiom “find favor in one’s eyes” (bəʿêynēkā {בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ | bəʿêynēkā}).
Root and etymology
RootChet-Nun-Nun
“favor, grace”
In context — Numbers 32:5
And they said, “If we have found favor in your eyes, let this land be given to your servants as a possession . Do not make us cross the Jordan.”
About this coordinate
Numbers 32:5:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 32:5, so the Hebrew word חֵן֙ (khen) 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.32.5.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.32.5.W3.S1) and character.