Genesis 4:15:4Gen.4.15.W4PAT

לָכֵן֙

lakhen

therefore

Transliteration
la-KHEN
Extended
lah-KHEHN
IPA
/laːˈxeːn/

Meaning by language

English
therefore
French
c'est pourquoi
Spanish
por eso
Portuguese
portanto
German
darum
Russian
поэтому
Arabic-Simplified
لذلك
Hindi
इसलिए
Chinese-Simplified
因此
Korean
그러므로
Indonesian
oleh sebab 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
לָ + כֵן֙
la + khen
lakhen

Alphabet Analysis

Lamedl as in law
Qametslong 'ah'
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

    la-KHEN

  2. clause

    va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEN kol-ho-REG KA-yin shiv-a-TA-yim yu-KAM

  3. sentence

    va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEN kol-ho-REG KA-yin shiv-a-TA-yim yu-KAM va-ya-SEM Ye-ho-VAH le-KA-yin OT le-vil-TI ha-kot-o-TO kol-mo-tse-O

In contextGenesis 4:15

therefore LORD {He} said to him whoever kills Cain will be avenged sevenfold LORD {He} set on Cain a mark lest whoever finds him strike him

About this coordinate

Genesis 4:15:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 4:15, so the Hebrew word לָכֵן֙ (lakhen) 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.4.15.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.15.W4.S1) and character.