1 Kings 16:21:91 Kgs.16.21.W9TAB
אַחֲרֵ֨י
akhare
“after or following”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after or following
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 tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT
- clause
kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
- sentence
AZ ye-kha-LEK ha-AM yis-re-EL la-KHE-tsi kha-TSI ha-AM ha-YA a-kha-RE tiv-NI ben-gi-NAT le-ham-li-KHO ve-ha-kha-TSI a-kha-RE om-RI
Exegesis
The preposition ʾa-ḥă-rê {אַחֲרֵי | ʾa-ḥă-rê} ‘following’ governs tiv-nî {תִבְנִי | tiv-nî} and ʿam-rî {עָמְרִי | ʿam-rî}, indicating allegiance.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–ḥet–resh
“after, following”
In context — 1 Kings 16:21
Then the people of Israel were divided into two halves; half of the people was following Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and the other half was following Omri.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:21:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of 1 Kings 16:21, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵ֨י (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.16.21.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.21.W9.S1) and character.