1 Kings 13:10:31 Kgs.13.10.W3TAB
אַחֵ֑ר
akher
“another”
- Transliteration
- a-KHER
- Extended
- ah-KHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- another
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHER
- phraseyour reading level
be-DE-rekh a-KHER
- clause
va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER
- sentence
va-YEH-lekh be-DE-rekh a-KHER veh-LOH-SHAV ba-DE-rekh a-SHER BA VAH eL-BEIT-EL
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase b’derekh akher {בְּדֶ֣רֶךְ אַחֵ֑ר | bə-de-reḵ a-ḥer} ‘in another way’ contrasts with the prior path.
In context — 1 Kings 13:10
And he went on another way , and he did not return by the way which he had come to Bethel .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 13:10:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 1 Kings 13:10, so the Hebrew word אַחֵ֑ר (akher) 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.13.10.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.13.10.W3.S1) and character.