2 Samuel 20:2:62 Sam.20.2.W6TAB
אַחֲרֵ֖י
akhare
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after
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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE
- clause
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI
- sentence
va-YA-al KOL-i-SH yis-ra-EL me-a-kha-RE da-VID a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bik-RI ve-ISH ye-hu-DA dav-KU ve-mal-KAM min-ha-yar-DEN ve-ad-ye-ru-sha-LA-yim
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase me-’achare david {מֵאַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד | me-’a-ḥǎ-rê dā-wī-ḏ} ‘from after David’ marks the shift of loyalty, which is reinforced by the construct achare sheva ben-bikhri {אַחֲרֵ֖י שֶׁ֣בַע בֶּן־בִּכְרִ֑י | ’a-ḥǎ-rê še-ḇāʿ ben-bī-khrī} ‘after Sheba son of Bichri’.
Root and etymology
ʾ-kh-r
“behind, after”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:2
So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David to follow Sheba son of Bichri, but the men of Judah remained loyal to their king from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 2 Samuel 20:2, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵ֖י (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.20.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.2.W6.S1) and character.