Genesis 23:2:8Gen.23.2.W8PAT

כְּנָ֑עַן

kenaan

Canaan

Transliteration
ke-na-AN
Extended
keh-nah-AHN
IPA
/kə.naː.ˈʕan/

Meaning by language

English
Canaan
French
Canaan
Spanish
Canaán
Portuguese
Canaã
German
Kanaan
Russian
Ханаана
Arabic-Simplified
كنعان
Hindi
कनान की
Chinese-Simplified
迦南的
Korean
가나안의
Indonesian
Kanaan
Bengali
কনানের
Tagalog
Canaan
Swahili
Kanaani
Amharic
ከነዓን
Yoruba
Kenaani
Igbo
Kenan
Twi
Kanaan
Ewe
Kanaan

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Result
כְּ + נָ֑ + עַן
ke + na + an
kenaan

Alphabet Analysis

Kafk with dagesh; kh without
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Nunn as in new
Qametslong 'ah'
Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ke-na-AN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    be-E-rets ke-na-AN

  3. clause

    va-TA-mat sa-RA be-kir-YAT ar-BA HI khev-RON be-E-rets ke-na-AN

  4. sentence

    va-TA-mat sa-RA be-kir-YAT ar-BA HI khev-RON be-E-rets ke-na-AN va-ya-VO av-ra-HAM lis-POD le-sa-RA ve-liv-ko-TAH

In contextGenesis 23:2

Sarah died in Kiriath Arba that is Hebron in the land of Canaan Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her

About this coordinate

Genesis 23:2:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 23:2, so the Hebrew word כְּנָ֑עַן (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.23.2.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.23.2.W8.S1) and character.