2 Samuel 13:1:22 Sam.13.1.W2TAB
אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן
akharekhen
“after thus or after that”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE-KHEN
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE-KHEEN
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħăˈreː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- after thus or after that
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 | |
| 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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE-KHEN
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID a-KHOT ya-FA u-she-MA ta-MAR
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN u-le-av-sha-LOM ben-da-VID a-KHOT ya-FA u-she-MA ta-MAR va-ye-e-HA-ve-HA am-ne-NON ben-da-VID
Exegesis
This is followed by the temporal prepositional phrase ’acharei-ken {אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵן | ʾaḥârê-ken} ‘after this’, establishing a chronological sequence.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:1
And it came to pass after this that Absalom , the son of David, had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon, the son of David, loved her.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 13:1, so the Hebrew word אֽ͏ַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן (akharekhen) 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 Sam.13.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.1.W2.S1) and character.