2 Kings 23:25:132 Kgs.23.25.W13TAB
וְאַחֲרָ֖יו
veakharav
“and after him”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-kha-RAV
- Extended
- veh-ah-khah-RAV
- IPA
- /vəʔaħăˈraːw/
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-KAM ka-MO-hu
- sentence
ve-kha-MO-hu lo-ha-YA le-fa-NAV ME-lekh a-sher-SHAV el-ye-ho-VAH be-khol-le-va-VO u-ve-khol-naf-SHO u-ve-khol-me-OD ke-KHOL to-RAT mo-SHE ve-a-kha-RAV lo-KAM ka-MO-hu
Exegesis
The concluding inclusio ve-acharav lo-kam kamohu {וְאַחֲרָיו לֹֽא־קָ֥ם כָּמֹֽהוּ | wə-ʾă-ḥă-rā-wāw lō-qām kā-mō-hû} ‘and after him none arose like him’ reinforces his unparalleled status.
In context — 2 Kings 23:25
And there was no king like him before who turned to the LORD with all his heart , and with all his soul, and with all his might according to all the law of Moses; nor did any such arise after him.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 23:25:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 23:25, so the Hebrew word וְאַחֲרָ֖יו (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.23.25.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.23.25.W13.S1) and character.