2 Samuel 13:17:112 Sam.13.17.W11TAB
אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃
akhareha
“after her, behind her”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-re-HA
- Extended
- ah-khah-reh-HAA
- IPA
- /ʔaħăreˈhaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after her, behind her
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-re-HA
- clause
u-ne-OL ha-DE-let a-kha-re-HA
- sentence
va-yik-RA et-na-a-RO me-sha-re-TO va-yo-MER shil-khu-NA et-ZOT me-a-LAI ha-KHU-tsa u-ne-OL ha-DE-let a-kha-re-HA
Exegesis
The final aḥarehā {אַחֲרֶיהָ | a-ḥa-re-hā} ‘after her’ highlights the door’s secure closure, reinforcing the expulsion and associated shame.
In context — 2 Samuel 13:17
Then he called his young servant and said, “Please send this woman away from me outside and bolt the door after her.”
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 13:17:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 13:17, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֶֽיהָ׃ (akhareha) 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.13.17.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.13.17.W11.S1) and character.