עַל־כֵּן (ʿAl-Kēn): The Therefore That Changes Everything
Deep Dive into עַל־כֵּןThe provided sources detail the linguistic functions and translations of the Biblical Hebrew particle ken and its frequent compound al-ken.As an adverb, ken primarily translates to "so" or "thus." It frequently points back to something previously described or commanded, indicating manner, quantity, quality, or degree. It is highly common in standard biblical phrases, such as "and it was so" or expressions denoting that someone "did so," and it can also appear in conditional statements like "if it be so" or negations like "not so".The term ken is also widely used to…
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