2 Kings 18:5:42 Kgs.18.5.W4TAB
וְאַחֲרָ֞יו
veakharav
“and after him”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-kha-RAV
- Extended
- veh-ah-khah-RAV
- IPA
- /wəʔaħăˈraːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- and after him
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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Word in context
- word
ve-a-kha-RAV
- clause
ve-a-kha-RAV lo-HA-ya ka-MO-hu be-KHOL mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA va-a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
- sentence
ba-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI-yis-ra-EL ba-TACH ve-a-kha-RAV lo-HA-ya ka-MO-hu be-KHOL mal-KHEI ye-hu-DA va-a-SHER ha-YU le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
In the adversative clause wə-aḥărāw lō hāyāh kāmōhû {וְאַחֲרָ֞יו לֹא־הָיָ֣ה כָמֹ֗הוּ | wə-ʼa-ḥă-rāw lō hā-yāh kā-mō-hû}, the negative lō paired with the perfect asserts unparalleled status.
In context — 2 Kings 18:5
He trusted in the LORD God of Israel , and after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 18:5:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of 2 Kings 18:5, so the Hebrew word וְאַחֲרָ֞יו (veakharav) 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.18.5.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.18.5.W4.S1) and character.