Genesis 2:24:1Gen.2.24.W1PAT
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
- поэтому
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِذَلِكَ
- Hindi
- इसलिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因此
- Korean
- 그러므로
- Indonesian
- oleh sebab 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
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 ya-a-zav-ISH et-a-VIV ve-et-im-MO
- sentence
al-KEN ya-a-zav-ISH et-a-VIV ve-et-im-MO ve-da-VAK be-ish-TO ve-ha-YU le-va-SAR e-KHAD
In context — Genesis 2:24
for this reason a man will leave his father and his mother will cling to his wife will become flesh one
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:24:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 2:24, 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.2.24.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.24.W1.S1) and character.