לָכֵן

Biblical Hebrew

therefore — used 200 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

The whole BDB entry

v. כֵּן.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: none

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: therefore (195); (5).

In the verses

Ezekiel 16:35 · tree →

לָכֵ֣ן זוֹנָ֔ה שִׁמְעִ֖י דְּבַר־יְהוָֽה׃פ

Word for word: therefore O.prostitute hear the.word of.Yahweh

JPS 1917: Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD!

Ezekiel 34:7 · tree →

לָכֵ֣ן רֹעִ֔ים שִׁמְע֖וּ אֶת־דְּבַ֥ר יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: therefore O.shepherds hear (et) the.word of.Yahweh

JPS 1917: Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD:

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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