1 Kings 11:6:81 Kgs.11.6.W8TAB
אַחֲרֵ֥י
akhare
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaħărɛː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH
- clause
ve-LO mil-LE a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH ke-da-VID a-VIV
- sentence
va-ya-AS she-lo-MO ha-RA be-e-NE ye-ho-VAH ve-LO mil-LE a-kha-RE ye-ho-VAH ke-da-VID a-VIV
Exegesis
The negation vĕ·lōʾ mil·lēʾ ʾaḥărê YHWH {וְלֹ֥א מִלֵּ֛א אַחֲרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה | wə·lōʾ mil·lēʾ ā·ḥă·rê Yə·hō·wāh} ‘and he did not fulfill after the LORD’ underscores incomplete covenant pursuit.
Root and etymology
א־ח־ר
“after, behind”
In context — 1 Kings 11:6
And Solomon did what was evil in the eyes of the LORD , and he did not follow fully after the LORD as his father David had done.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 11:6:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of 1 Kings 11:6, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵ֥י (akhare) 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 Kgs.11.6.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.11.6.W8.S1) and character.