Exodus 14:17:7Exod.14.17.W7TAB
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם
akharehem
“after them”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE-hem
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE-hem
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħăˈreː.hɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- after them
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 | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE-hem
- clause
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-a-NI hin-NEE me-khaz-ZEK et-LEV mits-RA-yim ve-ya-VO-u a-kha-RE-hem ve-ik-ka-ve-DA be-far-O u-ve-khol-khei-LO be-rikh-BO u-ve-fa-ra-SHAV
Exegesis
The sequence continues with the vav-consecutive imperfect veyavoo {וְיָבֹאוּ | wə-yā-voʾu} ‘and they will come’ plus the prepositional phrase achareyhem {אַחֲרֵיהֶם | aḥareihem} ‘after them’, producing a clause of pursuit.
In context — Exodus 14:17
And I —behold, I am hardening the hearts of the Egyptians, and they will come after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and through all his army, through his chariots and through his horsemen.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:17:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Exodus 14:17, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם (akharehem) 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 Exod.14.17.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.17.W7.S1) and character.