Genesis 4:6:3Gen.4.6.W3PAT
אֶל־קָ֑יִן
elkayin
“to Cain”
- Transliteration
- el-KA-yin
- Extended
- ehl-KAA-yihn
- IPA
- /ʔɛl.ˈqa.jin/
Meaning by language
- English
- to Cain
- French
- à Caïn
- Spanish
- a Caín
- Portuguese
- a Caim
- German
- zu Kain
- Russian
- Каину
- Arabic-Simplified
- إلى قايين
- Hindi
- कैन को
- Chinese-Simplified
- 对该隐
- Korean
- 가인에게
- Indonesian
- kepada Kain
- Bengali
- কয়িনকে
- Tagalog
- kay Cain
- Swahili
- kwa Kaini
- Amharic
- ወደ ቃየን
- Yoruba
- sí Kaini
- Igbo
- nye Kain
- Twi
- Kain nkyɛn
- Ewe
- na Kain
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Result
אֶל + קָ֑ + יִן
↓
el + ka + yin
↓
elkayin
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Vowels (Niqqud)
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The word
Word in context
- word
el-KA-yin
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-KA-yin LAM-ma KHA-ra LAKH ve-LAM-ma naf-LU fa-NE-kha
In context — Genesis 4:6
LORD said to Cain why for you burned and why your face fell
About this coordinate
Genesis 4:6:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 4:6, so the Hebrew word אֶל־קָ֑יִן (elkayin) 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.4.6.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.4.6.W3.S1) and character.