Genesis 12:5:16Gen.12.5.W16PAT
כְּנַ֔עַן
kenaan
“Canaan”
- Transliteration
- ke-NA-an
- Extended
- keh-NAH-an
- IPA
- /kəˈna.ʕan/
Meaning by language
- English
- Canaan
- French
- Canaan
- Spanish
- Canaán
- Portuguese
- Canaã
- German
- Kanaan
- Russian
- Ханаан
- Arabic-Simplified
- كَنْعَانَ
- Hindi
- कनान की
- Chinese-Simplified
- 迦南的
- Korean
- 가나안의
- Indonesian
- Kanaan
- Bengali
- কানানের
- Tagalog
- Canaan
- Swahili
- Kanaani
- Amharic
- ከነዓን
- Yoruba
- Kénáánì
- Igbo
- Kenan
- Twi
- Kanaan
- Ewe
- Kanaan
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ke-NA-an
- phraseyour reading level
AR-tsa ke-NA-an
- clause
va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an
- sentence
va-yik-KAKH av-RAM ET-sa-RAI ish-TO ve-ET-LOT ben-a-KHIV ve-ET-kol-re-khu-SHAM a-SHER ra-KHA-shu ve-ET-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER-a-SU be-kha-RAN va-ye-tse-U la-LE-khet AR-tsa ke-NA-an va-ya-VO-u AR-tsa ke-NA-an
In context — Genesis 12:5
Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot son of his brother and all their possessions that they had acquired and the persons whom they had acquired in Haran they set out to go to the land of Canaan they came to the land of Canaan
About this coordinate
Genesis 12:5:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 12:5, so the Hebrew word כְּנַ֔עַן (kenaan) 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.12.5.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.12.5.W16.S1) and character.