2 Kings 17:15:162 Kgs.17.15.W16TAB
וְאַחֲרֵ֤י
veakhare
“and after”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-kha-RE
- Extended
- veh-ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /vəʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and after
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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Word in context
- word
ve-a-kha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-kha-RE ha-go-YIM
- clause
va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RE ha-HE-vel va-yeh-va-LU ve-a-kha-RE ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAM a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM le-vil-TI a-so-OT ka-HEM
- sentence
va-yim-a-SU et-khu-KAIV ve-et-be-ri-TO a-SHER ka-RAT et-a-vo-TAM ve-ET e-dev-o-TAV a-SHER he-ID BAM va-ye-le-KHU a-kha-RE ha-HE-vel va-yeh-va-LU ve-a-kha-RE ha-go-YIM a-SHER se-vi-vo-TAM a-SHER tsi-VA Ye-ho-VAH o-TAM le-vil-TI a-so-OT ka-HEM
In context — 2 Kings 17:15
And they rejected his statutes and his covenant which he made with their ancestors, as well as his testimonies which he bore witness among them. And they went after vanity and became vain, following the nations around them whom the LORD had commanded them not to do as they did.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 17:15:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of 2 Kings 17:15, so the Hebrew word וְאַחֲרֵ֤י (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 2 Kgs.17.15.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.17.15.W16.S1) and character.