Ezekiel 16:23:2Ezek.16.23.W2TAB
אַחֲרֵ֖י
akhare
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after
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 |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE KAL-ra-a-TEKH
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-RE KAL-ra-a-TEKH OY OY LAKH ne-UM a-do-NAI ye-ho-VI
Exegesis
The preposition acharei {אַחֲרֵי | ʾa-ḥa-rê} ‘after’ in construct with kol raatekh {כָּל־רָעָתֵךְ | kol-rā-ʿā-têḵ} ‘all your wickedness’ indicates retrospective causality.
In context — Ezekiel 16:23
And it happened after all your wickedness—woe , woe to you!—declares the Lord GOD .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:23:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 16:23, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵ֖י (akhare) 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 Ezek.16.23.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.23.W2.S1) and character.