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title: לָכֵן — therefore · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָכֵן (lemma:לָכֵן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 200 times: therefore. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָכֵן

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«לָכֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **therefore** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 200 times · **Key:** lemma:לָכֵן · **BDB:** לָכֵן

### Glosses

therefore (195);  (5)

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**The whole BDB entry:** v. כֵּן.

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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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָכֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/lemma_3a_5dc_5b8_5db_5b5_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezekiel 16:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.16.35/)

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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!

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[Ezekiel 34:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/EZK.34.7/)

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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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