Proverbs 26:2:5Prov.26.2.W5TAB

כֵּ֥ן

ken

so

Transliteration
KEN
Extended
KEEN
IPA
/ˈkeːn/

Meaning by language

English
so

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    KEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    KEN kil-laT khi-NAM

  3. clause

    KEN kil-laT khi-NAM lo LO ta-VO

  4. sentence

    ka-TSI-por la-NUD ka-de-ROR la-UF KEN kil-laT khi-NAM lo LO ta-VO

Exegesis

The correlative adverb kēn {כֵּ֥ן | kēn} ‘so’ introduces the result clause, where qillāṯ {קִֽלְלַ֥ת | qillā·ṯ} ‘curse’ modified by ḥinnām {חִ֝נָּ֗ם | ḥinnām} ‘without cause’ marks the theme.

In contextProverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow that keeps wandering and a swallow that keeps flying, so a curse without cause does not come to rest.

About this coordinate

Proverbs 26:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 26:2, so the Hebrew word כֵּ֥ן (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 Prov.26.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.26.2.W5.S1) and character.