Exodus 5:8:15Exod.5.8.W15PAT

עַל־כֵּ֗ן

alken

therefore

Transliteration
al-KEN
Extended
ahl-KEHN
IPA
/ʕalˈkeːn/

Meaning by language

English
therefore
French
c'est pourquoi
Spanish
por eso
Portuguese
portanto
German
darum
Russian
поэтому
Arabic-Simplified
لِذَلِكَ
Hindi
इसलिए
Chinese-Simplified
因此
Korean
그러므로
Indonesian
oleh karena itu
Bengali
অতএব
Tagalog
kaya
Swahili
kwa hiyo
Amharic
ስለዚህ
Yoruba
nítorí náà
Igbo
ya mere
Twi
enti
Ewe
eyata

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
עַל + כֵּ֗ן
al + ken
alken

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Lamedl as in law
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

    al-KEN

  2. clause

    ki-nir-PIM HEM al-KEN HEM tso-a-KIM le-MOR nel-KHA niz-be-KHA le-lo-HEI-nu

  3. sentence

    ve-et-mat-KO-net hal-le-ve-NIM a-SHER HEM o-SIM te-MOL shil-SHOM ta-SI-mu a-lei-HEM LO tig-re-U mim-me-NU ki-nir-PIM HEM al-KEN HEM tso-a-KIM le-MOR nel-KHA niz-be-KHA le-lo-HEI-nu

In contextExodus 5:8

and the quota of the bricks which they making yesterday day before yesterday you shall place upon them not you shall diminish from it for idle they therefore they crying out saying let us go let us sacrifice to our God

About this coordinate

Exodus 5:8:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 5:8, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֗ן (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 Exod.5.8.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.8.W15.S1) and character.