Exodus 22:5:9Exod.22.5.W9TABWLC Exodus 22:4

אַחֵ֑ר

akher

another

Transliteration
a-KHER
Extended
ah-KHEHR
IPA
/ʔaˈħeːr/

Meaning by language

English
another

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Result
אַ + חֵ֑ר
a + kher
akher

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Tserelong 'ey' as in they
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-KHER

  2. phraseyour reading level

    bis-DEH a-KHER

  3. clause

    KI yav-er-EESH sa-DEH o-KHE-rem ve-shi-LAKH et-bee-RO oo-vi-ER bis-DEH a-KHER

  4. sentence

    KI yav-er-EESH sa-DEH o-KHE-rem ve-shi-LAKH et-bee-RO oo-vi-ER bis-DEH a-KHER mei-TAV sa-DE-hu oo-mei-TAV kar-MO ye-sha-LEM

Exegesis

The construct bi-sedeh acher {בִּשְּׂדֵה אַחֵר | bi-ṣedeh ’āḥēr} ‘in another person’s field’ highlights unauthorized intrusion.

In contextExodus 22:5

If a man lets his livestock graze in a field or vineyard and it strays into another person’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard.

About this coordinate

Exodus 22:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Exodus 22:5, so the Hebrew word אַחֵ֑ר (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 Exod.22.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.22.5.W9.S1) and character.