Genesis 16:14:1Gen.16.14.W1PAT

עַל־כֵּן֙

alken

therefore

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

Meaning by language

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

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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 ka-RA la-be-ER be-ER la-KHAI ro-I

  3. sentence

    al-KEN ka-RA la-be-ER be-ER la-KHAI ro-I hin-NE vein-ka-DESH u-VEIN BA-red

In contextGenesis 16:14

therefore was called the well well of the living one who sees me behold between Kadesh and between Bered

About this coordinate

Genesis 16:14:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 16:14, 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.16.14.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.16.14.W1.S1) and character.