Genesis 42:21:16Gen.42.21.W16PAT
עַל־כֵּן֙
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- al-KEHN
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkeːn/
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
- karena itu
- Bengali
- এই কারণে
- 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
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| 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
al-KEN
- clause
al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT
- sentence
va-yo-me-RU ISH el-a-KHIV a-VAL a-she-MIM a-nakh-NU al-a-KHI-nu a-SHER ra-I-nu tsa-RAT naf-SHO be-hi-te-kha-ne-NO e-LE-nu ve-LO sha-MA-nu al-KEN ba-A e-LE-nu ha-tsa-RA ha-ZOT
In context — Genesis 42:21
they said each one to his brother indeed are guilty we concerning our brother because we saw distress of his soul when he pleaded to us and not we listened therefore has come upon us distress this
About this coordinate
Genesis 42:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Genesis 42:21, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּן֙ (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.42.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.42.21.W16.S1) and character.