2 Samuel 21:14:172 Sam.21.14.W17TAB
אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן׃
akharekhen
“after that”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE-KHEN
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE-KHEEN
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- after that
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE-KHEN
- clause
va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
- sentence
va-yik-be-RU ET-a-tsmo-T-SHA-ul vi-ye-ho-na-TAN-be-NO be-E-rets bin-ya-MIN be-TSE-la be-KE-ver KISH a-VIV va-ya-a-SU KOL a-SHER-tsi-VA ha-ME-lekh va-ye-a-TER e-lo-HIM la-A-rets a-kha-RE-KHEN
Exegesis
Finally, wayyêʿāṯer ʾĕlōhîm lā-ʾāreṣ ʾaḥărêy-ḵēn {וַיֵּעָתֵר אֱלֹהִים לָאָרֶץ אַחֲרֵי־כֵן} uses a nifal imperfect passive ‘and God was entreated for the land after this,’ emphasizing divine response following human action.
In context — 2 Samuel 21:14
And they buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin, in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father, and they did all that the king commanded. And God was entreated for the land after this.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:14:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Samuel 21:14, so the Hebrew word אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן׃ (akharekhen) 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.21.14.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.14.W17.S1) and character.