1 Samuel 15:11:61 Sam.15.11.W6TAB
מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י
meeahkharai
“from following me”
- Transliteration
- mee-ah-kha-RAI
- Extended
- mee-ah-khah-RAI
- IPA
- /meː.ʔăħaˈraj/
Meaning by language
- English
- from following me
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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 | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
mee-ah-kha-RAI
- clause
ni-KHAM-tee kee-him-LAKH-tee et-sha-OOL le-ME-lekh kee-SHAV mee-ah-kha-RAI veh-et-de-va-RAI LO he-KIM
- sentence
ni-KHAM-tee kee-him-LAKH-tee et-sha-OOL le-ME-lekh kee-SHAV mee-ah-kha-RAI veh-et-de-va-RAI LO he-KIM va-yi-KHAR lish-mu-EL va-yiz-AK el-ye-ho-VAH kal-ha-LAI-la
Exegesis
The clause kî šāḇ mē·ʾaḥă·rāy {כִּֽי־שָׁב מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י | kî šāḇ me·ʾă·ḥă·rāy} denotes apostasy “turned back from after me.”
In context — 1 Samuel 15:11
I was grieved because I made Saul king and he has turned back from following Me and has not fulfilled My words . Samuel burned with anger, and he cried out to the LORD all that night.
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 15:11:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 15:11, so the Hebrew word מֵאַֽחֲרַ֔י (meeahkharai) 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 Sam.15.11.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.15.11.W6.S1) and character.