Genesis 24:2:4Gen.24.2.W4PAT
זְקַ֣ן
zekan
“elder of”
- Transliteration
- ze-KAN
- Extended
- zeh-KAAN
- IPA
- /zəˈqaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- elder of
- French
- ancien de
- Spanish
- anciano de
- Portuguese
- ancião de
- German
- Ältester von
- Russian
- старший в
- Arabic-Simplified
- شيخ
- Hindi
- बुज़ुर्ग
- Chinese-Simplified
- 长者
- Korean
- 연장자
- Indonesian
- tua dari
- Bengali
- জ্যেষ্ঠ
- Tagalog
- matanda ng
- Swahili
- mzee wa
- Amharic
- ሽማግሌ
- Yoruba
- àgbà ti
- Igbo
- okenye nke
- Twi
- ɔpanyin
- Ewe
- tsitsi si
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Zayin | z as in zero | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| 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
ze-KAN
- phraseyour reading level
ze-KAN bei-TO
- clause
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-av-DO ze-KAN bei-TO ha-mo-SHEL be-khol-a-sher-LO
- sentence
va-YO-mer av-ra-HAM el-av-DO ze-KAN bei-TO ha-mo-SHEL be-khol-a-sher-LO sim-NA yad-KHA TA-khat ye-re-KHI
In context — Genesis 24:2
Abraham said to his servant elder of his household the one managing over all that belonged to him please place your hand under my thigh
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:2:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 24:2, so the Hebrew word זְקַ֣ן (zekan) 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.24.2.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.2.W4.S1) and character.