אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם

   a-khe-HEM

   their brothers
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם הַמִּשְׁנִ֑ים

   a-khe-HEM ha-mish-ne-NIM

   their brothers the second {rank}
3. clause🔊 וְעִמָּהֶ֖ם אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם הַמִּשְׁנִ֑ים

   ve-im-MA-hem a-khe-HEM ha-mish-ne-NIM

   and with them their brothers the second {rank}
4. sentence🔊 וְעִמָּהֶ֖ם אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם הַמִּשְׁנִ֑ים זְכַרְיָ֡הוּ בֵּ֡ן וְיַֽעֲזִיאֵ֡ל וּשְׁמֽ͏ִירָמ֡וֹת וִיחִיאֵ֣ל וְעֻנִּ֡י אֱלִיאָ֡ב וּבְנָיָ֡הוּ וּמַֽעֲשֵׂיָ֡הוּ וּמַתִּתְיָהוּ֩ וֶאֱלִ֨יפְלֵ֜הוּ וּמִקְנֵיָ֨הוּ וְעֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם וִֽיעִיאֵ֖ל הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים׃

   ve-im-MA-hem a-khe-HEM ha-mish-ne-NIM ze-khar-ya-HU BEN ve-ya-a-zi-EL u-she-mi-ra-MOT vi-khi-EL ve-u-NI e-li-AV u-ve-na-ya-HU u-ma-a-se-ya-HU u-ma-tit-ya-HU ve-e-lif-le-HU u-mik-ne-ya-HU ve-o-VED e-DOM vi-i-i-EL ha-sho-a-RIM

   and with them their brothers the second {rank} Zechariah Ben and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel and Unni Eliab and Benaiah and Maaseiah and Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed Edom and Jeiel the gatekeepers

Exegesis

The following noun phrase achehem {אֲחֵיהֶם | ʾa·ḥê·hem} ‘their brothers’ identifies the associated cohort, and ha-mishnim {הַמִּשְׁנִים | ham·miš·nîm} ‘the second group’ functions as an attributive label marking a subordinate or succeeding rank.

Root and etymology

ʾ-ḥ🔊 א–חaleph–chet

“brother, kinsman”

• 🔊 אַחְוָהʾaḥwāhbrotherhoodPsalm 133:1