1 Kings 21:1:21 Kgs.21.1.W2TAB
אַחַר֙
akhar
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAR
- Extended
- ah-KHAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħar/
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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAR
- clause
va-ye-HI a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh KE-rem ha-YA le-na-VOT hay-yiz-re-e-LI a-SHER be-yiz-re-EL
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-KHAR had-de-va-RIM ha-E-leh KE-rem ha-YA le-na-VOT hay-yiz-re-e-LI a-SHER be-yiz-re-EL E-tsel he-KHAL a-kh-AV ME-lekh shom-ron
Exegesis
The temporal clause achar had-devarim ha-elleh {אַחַר֙ הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵ֔לֶּה | ʾaḥar ha-dəbā-rîm hā-ʾêlleh} ‘after these events’ establishes chronological order.
In context — 1 Kings 21:1
After these events, Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, adjacent to the royal hall of Ahab, king of Samaria.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 21:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 21:1, so the Hebrew word אַחַר֙ (akhar) 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.21.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.21.1.W2.S1) and character.