2 Samuel 18:16:72 Sam.18.16.W7TAB
אַחֲרֵ֣י
akhare
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL
- clause
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL
- sentence
va-yit-KA yo-AV ba-sho-FAR va-ya-SHAV ha-AM mir-DOF a-kha-RE yis-ra-EL ki-KHA-sakh yo-AV et-ha-AM
Exegesis
The infinitive meredof {מֵרְדֹּף | mērədōp̄} ‘pursuing’ expresses ongoing action, linked with the preposition acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾaḥărê} ‘after’ and the proper name yisrael {יִשְׂרָאֵל | yiśrāʼēl} as its object.
In context — 2 Samuel 18:16
Then Joab blew the trumpet , and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 18:16:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of 2 Samuel 18:16, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵ֣י (akhare) 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.18.16.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.18.16.W7.S1) and character.