Genesis 44:20:5Gen.44.20.W5PAT

זָקֵ֔ן

zaken

old

Transliteration
za-KEN
Extended
zah-KEHN
IPA
/zaː.ˈqeːn/

Meaning by language

English
old
French
âgé
Spanish
anciano
Portuguese
idoso
German
alt
Russian
старый
Arabic-Simplified
مُسِنٌّ
Hindi
वृद्ध
Chinese-Simplified
年老的
Korean
늙은
Indonesian
tua
Bengali
বৃদ্ধ
Tagalog
matanda
Swahili
mzee
Amharic
ሽማግሌ
Yoruba
àgbàlagbà
Igbo
okenye
Twi
akwakoraa
Ewe
tsitsi

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
זָ + קֵ֔ן
za + ken
zaken

Alphabet Analysis

Zayinz as in zero
Qametslong 'ah'
Qofq — deep k, uvular
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    za-KEN

  2. phraseyour reading level

    AV za-KEN

  3. clause

    va-no-MER el-a-do-NI yesh-LA-nu AV za-KEN ve-YE-led ze-ku-NIM ka-TAN

  4. sentence

    va-no-MER el-a-do-NI yesh-LA-nu AV za-KEN ve-YE-led ze-ku-NIM ka-TAN ve-a-KHIV MET va-yiv-va-TER HU le-VAD-do le-IM-mo ve-a-VIV a-HE-vo

In contextGenesis 44:20

we said to my lord we have a father old and a child of old age young and his brother is dead {And} was left he alone to his mother and his father loves him

About this coordinate

Genesis 44:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 44:20, so the Hebrew word זָקֵ֔ן (zaken) 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.44.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.20.W5.S1) and character.