1 Chronicles 16:38:31 Chr.16.38.W3TAB
וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם
vaakhehem
“and their brothers”
- Transliteration
- va-a-khe-HEM
- Extended
- vah-ah-kheh-HEHM
- IPA
- /waʔăħeːˈhem/
Meaning by language
- English
- and their brothers
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
va-a-khe-HEM
- clause
ve-o-VED e-DOM va-a-khe-HEM shi-SHIM u-she-mo-NA
- sentence
ve-o-VED e-DOM va-a-khe-HEM shi-SHIM u-she-mo-NA ve-o-VED e-DOM ben-ye-di-TUN ve-kho-SA le-sho-a-RIM
Exegesis
The verse utilizes a series of vav conjunctive clauses to enumerate personnel, starting with ve’oved edom {וְעֹבֵד אֱדֹ֛ם | wə-ʿō-ḇēḏ ʾĕ-ḏōm} “and Obed-Edom,” followed by va’acheihem {וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם | wa-ʾă-ḥê-hēm} “and their brothers.”
In context — 1 Chronicles 16:38
And Obed-Edom and his brothers, sixty-eight in all, and Obed-Edom the son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers .
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 16:38:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Chronicles 16:38, so the Hebrew word וַאֲחֵיהֶ֖ם (vaakhehem) 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 1 Chr.16.38.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.16.38.W3.S1) and character.