2 Samuel 15:1:22 Sam.15.1.W2TAB
מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי
meakhare
“from after”
- Transliteration
- me-a-kha-RE
- Extended
- mee-ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /meːʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from after
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-a-kha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
me-a-kha-RE KEN
- clause
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM
- sentence
va-ye-HI me-a-kha-RE KEN va-ya-AS LO av-sha-LOM mer-ka-VA ve-su-SIM va-kha-mi-SHIM ISH ra-TSIM le-fa-NAV
Exegesis
The temporal phrase me’acharei ken {מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן | mê-ʾa-ḥarê kēn} ‘after this’ establishes sequential context.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–ḥet–resh
“after”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:1
And it came to pass after this , that Absalom made for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men running before him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:1:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 15:1, so the Hebrew word מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי (meakhare) 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.15.1.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.1.W2.S1) and character.