1 Chronicles 18:1:21 Chr.18.1.W2TAB
אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן
akharekhen
“after thus or after that”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE-KHEN
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE-KHEHN
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreːˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- after thus or after that
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE-KHEN
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-YAKH da-VID et-pe-lish-TIM va-yakh-ni-EM va-yik-KAKH et-GAT u-ve-no-TE-ha mi-YAD pe-lish-TIM
Exegesis
The temporal phrase acharei-khen {אַחֲרֵי־כֵן | ʾaḥărê-khen} ‘after this’ sets chronological context.
In context — 1 Chronicles 18:1
And it happened after this that David struck the Philistines and subdued them; and he took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines.
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 18:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Chronicles 18:1, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן (akharekhen) 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.18.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.18.1.W2.S1) and character.