Genesis 44:20:8Gen.44.20.W8PAT

קָטָ֑ן

katan

young

Transliteration
ka-TAN
Extended
kah-TAAN
IPA
/qaː.ˈtaːn/

Meaning by language

English
young
French
jeune
Spanish
pequeño
Portuguese
pequeno
German
klein
Russian
маленький
Arabic-Simplified
صَغِيرٌ
Hindi
छोटा
Chinese-Simplified
年幼的
Korean
작은
Indonesian
kecil
Bengali
ছোট
Tagalog
maliit
Swahili
mdogo
Amharic
ታናሽ
Yoruba
kekere
Igbo
ntakịrị
Twi
ketewa
Ewe
sue

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Result
קָ + טָ֑ן
ka + tan
katan

Alphabet Analysis

Qofq — deep k, uvular
Qametslong 'ah'
Tett — emphatic
Qametslong 'ah'
Nun Sofitfinal form of Nun — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ka-TAN

  2. clause

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

  3. 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 44:20:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Genesis 44:20, so the Hebrew word קָטָ֑ן (katan) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.44.20.W8.S1) and character.