וְאַ֨חַר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 וְאַ֨חַר

   ve-a-KHAR

   and after
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְאַ֨חַר כֵּ֜ן

   ve-a-KHAR KEN

   and after that
3. clause🔊 וְאַ֨חַר כֵּ֜ן תָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּ וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְךָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

   ve-a-KHAR KEN ta-VO e-le-HA u-ve-al-TAH ve-ha-ye-TA le-KHA le-ish-HA

   and after that you shall go in to her and be her husband and she shall be for you as wife
4. sentence🔊 וְהֵסִ֩ירָה֩ אֶת־שִׂמְלַ֨ת שִׁבְיָ֜הּ מֵעָלֶ֗יהָ וְיָֽשְׁבָה֙ בְּבֵיתֶ֔ךָ וּבָ֥כְתָה אֶת־אָבִ֥יהָ וְאֶת־אִמָּ֖הּ יֶ֣רַח יָמִ֑ים וְאַ֨חַר כֵּ֜ן תָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ וּבְעַלְתָּ֔הּ וְהָיְתָ֥ה לְךָ֖ לְאִשָּֽׁה׃

   ve-he-si-RA et-SIM-lat shiv-YAH me-a-LE-ha ve-yash-VA be-vei-TE-kha u-vakh-TA et-a-vi-HA ve-et-im-MAH YE-rakh ya-MIM ve-a-KHAR KEN ta-VO e-le-HA u-ve-al-TAH ve-ha-ye-TA le-KHA le-ish-HA

   and she shall remove the garment of her captivity from upon herself and she shall dwell in your house and she shall weep her father and her mother a month of days and after that you shall go in to her and be her husband and she shall be for you as wife

Exegesis

The connector ve’achar ken {וְאַחַר כֵּן | wä·’aḥăr kên} “and after this” introduces the marital phase with tavo {תָּבוֹא | ṯā·ḇō·’} “you shall enter” and uve’altah {וּבְעַלְתָּהּ | ū·bə·’ăl·tāh} “and you shall marry her,” culminating in vehayetah lekha le’ishah {וְהָיְתָה לְךָ לְאִשָּׁה | wä·hā·yə·tāh lə·ḵā lə·’îš·šāh} “and she shall be for you for a wife.” The chaining of vav consecutive forms underscores procedural progression.