Genesis 37:21:7Gen.37.21.W7PAT
נַכֶּ֖נּוּ
nakennu
“let us strike him”
- Transliteration
- na-KEN-nu
- Extended
- nah-KEHN-noo
- IPA
- /na.ˈkɛn.nuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- let us strike him
- French
- frappons-le
- Spanish
- golpeémoslo
- Portuguese
- golpeemo-lo
- German
- lasst uns ihn schlagen
- Russian
- ударим его
- Arabic-Simplified
- لِنَضْرِبْهُ
- Hindi
- हम उसे मारें
- Chinese-Simplified
- 我们击打他
- Korean
- 우리가 그를 치자
- Indonesian
- marilah kita memukul dia
- Bengali
- আমরা তাকে আঘাত করি
- Tagalog
- hampasin natin siya
- Swahili
- tumgonge
- Amharic
- እንመታው
- Yoruba
- jẹ́ ká lu ú
- Igbo
- ka tie ya
- Twi
- yɛmmɔ no
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
na-KEN-nu
- phraseyour reading level
LO na-KEN-nu
- clause
va-YO-mer LO na-KEN-nu NA-fesh
- sentence
va-yish-MA re-u-VEN va-yat-tsi-LE-hu mi-ya-DAM va-YO-mer LO na-KEN-nu NA-fesh
In context — Genesis 37:21
and he heard Reuben and he rescued him from their hand and he said not let us strike him life
About this coordinate
Genesis 37:21:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Genesis 37:21, so the Hebrew word נַכֶּ֖נּוּ (nakennu) 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.37.21.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.37.21.W7.S1) and character.