Genesis 10:9:5Gen.10.9.W5PAT

עַל־כֵּן֙

alken

for this reason

Transliteration
al-KEN
Extended
ahl-KEHN
IPA
/ʕal.ˈkeːn/

Meaning by language

English
for this reason
French
c'est pourquoi
Spanish
por eso
Portuguese
por isso
German
darum
Russian
по этой причине
Arabic-Simplified
لأجل ذلك
Hindi
इस कारण
Chinese-Simplified
因此
Korean
이 때문에
Indonesian
oleh sebab itu
Bengali
এই কারণে
Tagalog
dahil dito
Swahili
kwa sababu hiyo
Amharic
ስለዚህ
Yoruba
nítorí ìdí yẹn
Igbo
n'ihi nke a
Twi
enti
Ewe
eya tae

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Result
עַל + כֵּן֙
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

    al-KEN yeh-ah-MAR ke-nim-ROD gib-BOR TSA-yeed li-fe-NEE Ye-ho-VAH

  3. sentence

    hoo-ha-YA gib-bor-TSA-yeed li-fe-NEE Ye-ho-VAH al-KEN yeh-ah-MAR ke-nim-ROD gib-BOR TSA-yeed li-fe-NEE Ye-ho-VAH

In contextGenesis 10:9

he was a mighty hunter in the presence of the LORD for this reason it is said like Nimrod mighty hunter in the presence of the LORD

About this coordinate

Genesis 10:9:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 10:9, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּן֙ (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 Gen.10.9.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.10.9.W5.S1) and character.