2 Samuel 20:7:112 Sam.20.7.W11TAB
אַחֲרֵ֖י
akhare
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaħaːˈreː/
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
- clause
va-ye-tsU mi-ru-sha-LA-im lir-DOF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bikh-RI
- sentence
va-ye-tsU a-kha-RAIV an-she yo-AV ve-hak-khe-re-TI ve-hap-pe-le-TI ve-khol-ha-gib-bo-RIM va-ye-tsU mi-ru-sha-LA-im lir-DOF a-kha-RE SHE-va ben-bikh-RI
Exegesis
The preposition acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾăḥărê} ‘after’ governs Sheba ben-Bikhri {שְׁבַע בֶּן-בִּכְרִי | šēḇāʿ ben-bixrî}, specifying the target. English reorders for clarity but preserves Hebrew parataxis of agent–origin–action.
Root and etymology
ʾ-kh-r
“behind, after”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:7
Joab’s men, the Kerethites and the Pelethites, with all the mighty men , went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 2 Samuel 20:7, 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.20.7.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.7.W11.S1) and character.