1 Kings 16:3:51 Kgs.16.3.W5TAB
וְאַחֲרֵ֣י
veakhare
“and after or and behind”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-kha-RE
- Extended
- veh-ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /vəʔa.ħaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and after or and behind
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-a-kha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-kha-RE BE-to
- clause
hin-NE mav-e-IR a-kha-RE va-SHA ve-a-kha-RE BE-to
- sentence
hin-NE mav-e-IR a-kha-RE va-SHA ve-a-kha-RE BE-to ve-na-TAT-ti et-BET-kha ke-VET ya-rav-AM ben-ne-VAT
Exegesis
wə-ăḥărê {אַחֲרֵי … וְאַחֲרֵי | ăḥa-rê … wə-ăḥa-rê} ‘after …
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–ḥet–resh
“after, following”
In context — 1 Kings 16:3
Behold, I am about to bring devastation upon Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 16:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of 1 Kings 16:3, so the Hebrew word וְאַחֲרֵ֣י (veakhare) 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.16.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.16.3.W5.S1) and character.