Leviticus 17:12:1Lev.17.12.W1PAT
עַל־כֵּ֤ן
alken
“therefore”
- Transliteration
- al-KEN
- Extended
- ahl-KEHN
- IPA
- /ʕalˈkeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- therefore
- French
- donc
- Spanish
- por tanto
- Portuguese
- portanto
- German
- darum
- Russian
- поэтому
- Arabic-Simplified
- لذلك
- Hindi
- इसलिए
- Chinese-Simplified
- 因此
- Korean
- 그러므로
- Indonesian
- karena itu
- Bengali
- অতএব
- Tagalog
- kaya
- Swahili
- kwa hiyo
- Amharic
- ስለዚህ
- Yoruba
- nítorí náà
- Igbo
- ya mere
- Twi
- ɛno nti
- Ewe
- ŋutɔ la
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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
- phraseyour reading level
al-KEN a-mar-TI
- clause
al-KEN a-mar-TI liv-NEI yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM lo-to-AKHAL DAM
- sentence
al-KEN a-mar-TI liv-NEI yis-ra-EL kol-NE-fesh mi-KEM lo-to-AKHAL DAM ve-ha-GER ha-GAR be-to-khe-KHEM lo-yo-AKHAL DAM
In context — Leviticus 17:12
therefore said to the sons of Israel every person from among you shall not eat blood and the foreigner the sojourner among you shall not eat blood
About this coordinate
Leviticus 17:12:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 17:12, so the Hebrew word עַל־כֵּ֤ן (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 Lev.17.12.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.17.12.W1.S1) and character.