Deuteronomy 20:7:12Deut.20.7.W12TAB
אַחֵ֖ר
akher
“another”
- Transliteration
- a-KHER
- Extended
- ah-KHEHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈxeːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- another
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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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHER
- phraseyour reading level
ve-ISH a-KHER
- clause
pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
- sentence
u-MI-ha-ISH a-SHER-e-RAS i-SHAH ve-LO le-ka-KHAH ye-LEKH ve-ya-SHOV le-VEI-to pen-ya-MUT ba-mil-kha-MAH ve-ISH a-KHER yi-ka-KHE-na
Exegesis
The final clause veish acher yikkachennah {וְאִישׁ אַחֵר יִקָּחֶנָּה | wə-ʾîš ʾa-ḥêr yi-qā-ḥe-n-nāh} presents the adverse scenario of another man taking the woman.
In context — Deuteronomy 20:7
Is there a man who has betrothed a woman and has not taken her? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 20:7:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Deuteronomy 20:7, so the Hebrew word אַחֵ֖ר (akher) 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 Deut.20.7.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.20.7.W12.S1) and character.