Genesis 21:31:1Gen.21.31.W1PAT
עַל־כֵּ֗ן
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
- darum
- Russian
- поэтому
- Arabic-Simplified
- لذلك
- Hindi
- इसलिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因此
- Korean
- 그러므로
- Indonesian
- sebab itu
- Bengali
- তাই
- 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
| 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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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-KEN
- clause
al-KEN ka-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU be-ER SHA-va
- sentence
al-KEN ka-RA lam-ma-KOM ha-HU be-ER SHA-va KI SHAM nish-be-U she-NE-hem
In context — Genesis 21:31
therefore he called place that well of oath because there swore both of them
About this coordinate
Genesis 21:31:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Genesis 21:31, 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 Gen.21.31.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.21.31.W1.S1) and character.