Exodus 20:3:4Exod.20.3.W4TAB
אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים
akherim
“other”
- Transliteration
- a-khe-RIM
- Extended
- a-khe-REEM
- IPA
- /ʔaχɛˈriːm/
Meaning by language
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khe-RIM
- phraseyour reading level
e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM
- sentence
LO yih-YEH-le-KHA e-lo-HIM a-khe-RIM al-pa-NAI
Exegesis
The noun phrase elohim akherim {אֱלֹהִ֥֨ים אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים | ʾĕ-lō-hîm ʾă-ḥê-rîm} ‘other gods’ functions as the predicate nominative, specifying rival deities prohibited from relationship with the addressee.
Root and etymology
ʾ-h-raleph–ḥet–resh
“other, another”
In context — Exodus 20:3
You shall not have other gods before Me .
About this coordinate
Exodus 20:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 20:3, so the Hebrew word אֲחֵרִ֖֜ים (akherim) 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.20.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.20.3.W4.S1) and character.