Exodus 14:19:15Exod.14.19.W15TAB
מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃
meakharehem
“behind them”
- Transliteration
- me-a-kha-RE-hem
- Extended
- meh-ah-khah-REH-hem
- IPA
- /meː.ʔa.ħăˈreː.hem/
Meaning by language
- English
- behind them
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-a-kha-RE-hem
- clause
va-yis-SA am-MUD he-a-NAN mip-NEI-hem va-ya-a-MOD me-a-kha-RE-hem
- sentence
va-yis-SA mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HIM ha-ho-LEKH lif-NEI ma-kha-NE yis-ra-EL va-YE-lekh me-a-kha-RE-hem va-yis-SA am-MUD he-a-NAN mip-NEI-hem va-ya-a-MOD me-a-kha-RE-hem
Exegesis
The spatial prepositions lifnei {לִפְנֵי | lif-nê} ‘before’ and me’acharehem {מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם | mê-ʾa-ḥa-rê-hem} ‘from behind them’ delineate movement.
In context — Exodus 14:19
And the angel of God who was going before the camp of Israel set out and went behind them. And the pillar of cloud also set out from before them and stood behind them.
About this coordinate
Exodus 14:19:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Exodus 14:19, so the Hebrew word מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃ (meakharehem) 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.14.19.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.14.19.W15.S1) and character.