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
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
la-KHEN
- clause
va-yo-MER LO Ye-ho-VAH la-KHEN kol-ho-REG KA-yin shiv-a-TA-yim yu-KAM
- 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 context — Genesis 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.