2 Samuel 21:18:22 Sam.21.18.W2TAB
אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן
akharekhen
“after thus or after that”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE-KHEN
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE-KHEHN
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreː.ˈxeːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- after thus or 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-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-li-SHET-tim
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE-KHEN va-te-HI-OD ha-mil-kha-MA be-GOV im-pe-li-SHET-tim AZ hi-KA sib-be-KHAI ha-khu-sha-TI et-SAF a-SHER bi-yil-DE ha-ra-FA
In context — 2 Samuel 21:18
And it happened after this that there was again a battle at Gob with the Philistines. Then Sibbekai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of Rapha .
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 21:18:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 2 Samuel 21:18, so the Hebrew word אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן (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.21.18.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.21.18.W2.S1) and character.