Genesis 14:17:4Gen.14.17.W4TAB
אַחַרֵ֣י
akharei
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-REI
- Extended
- ah-khah-REH
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħaˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after
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Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-kha-REI
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-REI shu-VO
- clause
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO
- sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM lik-ra-TO a-kha-REI shu-VO me-hak-KOT et-ke-dar-la-O-mer ve-et-ham-me-la-KHIM a-SHER it-TO el-E-mek sha-VE HU E-mek ham-ME-lekh
Exegesis
The temporal phrase acharei shuvo {אַחַרֵי שׁוּבוֹ | ʾaḥa-rē šū-ḇô} ‘after his returning’ functions as a temporal clause introduced by the preposition.
Root and etymology
Rooth-w-r
“to bore, hollow out”
In context — Genesis 14:17
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from striking down Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, to the Valley of Shaveh , which is the Valley of the King .
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:17:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 14:17, so the Hebrew word אַחַרֵ֣י (akharei) 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 Gen.14.17.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.17.W4.S1) and character.