Genesis 31:48:9Gen.31.48.W9PAT

עַל־כֵּ֥ן

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
oleh karena itu
Bengali
অতএব
Tagalog
kaya nga
Swahili
kwa hiyo
Amharic
ስለዚህ
Yoruba
nítorí náà
Igbo
ya mere
Twi
enti
Ewe
eya ta

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Result
עַל + כֵּ֥ן
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. phraseyour reading level

    al-KEN ka-ra-she-MO

  3. clause

    al-KEN ka-ra-she-MO ga-le-ED

  4. sentence

    va-YO-mer la-VAN ha-GAL ha-ZEH ED bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha ha-YOM al-KEN ka-ra-she-MO ga-le-ED

In contextGenesis 31:48

said Laban heap this a witness between me and you today therefore he called its name Galeed

About this coordinate

Genesis 31:48:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 31:48, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֥ן (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.31.48.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.31.48.W9.S1) and character.