Deuteronomy 15:11:6Deut.15.11.W6PAT
עַל־כֵּ֞ן
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- ahl-KEHN
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
- French
- c'est pourquoi
- Spanish
- por eso
- Portuguese
- por isso
- German
- darum
- Russian
- поэтому
- Arabic-Simplified
- لذلك
- Hindi
- इसलिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 所以
- Korean
- 그러므로
- Indonesian
- karena itu
- Bengali
- তাই
- Tagalog
- kaya
- Swahili
- kwa hiyo
- Amharic
- ስለዚህ
- Yoruba
- nítorí náà
- Igbo
- ya mere
- Twi
- enti
- Ewe
- ɖe ta
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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
al-KEN
- clause
al-KEN a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA le-MOR PA-to-akh tif-TACH et-YAD-kha leh-ah-KHEE-khah lah-ah-nee-YEH-khah oo-leh-ev-YOHN-khah be-ar-TSE-kha
- sentence
KI loh-yekh-DAL ev-YON mik-KE-rev ha-A-retz al-KEN a-no-KHI me-tsav-KHA le-MOR PA-to-akh tif-TACH et-YAD-kha leh-ah-KHEE-khah lah-ah-nee-YEH-khah oo-leh-ev-YOHN-khah be-ar-TSE-kha
In context — Deuteronomy 15:11
for poor person will never cease from within the land therefore I command you say open wide open your hand to your brother to your needy one and to your poor one in your land
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 15:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Deuteronomy 15:11, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֞ן (alken) 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 Deut.15.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.15.11.W6.S1) and character.