Genesis 17:7:15Gen.17.7.W15TAB
אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃
akharekha
“after you”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE-kha
- Extended
- ah-khah-REH-khah
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħă.ˈreː.xaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- after you
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 | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE-kha
- clause
lih-YOT le-KHA le-lo-HIM u-le-za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
- sentence
va-ha-ki-mo-TI et-be-ri-TI bei-NI u-vei-NE-kha u-VEIN za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha le-do-ro-TAM liv-RIT o-LAM lih-YOT le-KHA le-lo-HIM u-le-za-re-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
Exegesis
A series of coordinated prepositional phrases—beini {בֵּינִ֣י | bê-nî} and uvenekha {וּבֵינֶ֗ךָ | ū-bê-ne-kā}, followed by uvein zarʿakha achareikha {וּבֵ֨ין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ | ū-bêin zar-ʿă-kā ʾa-ḥa-rê-kā}—situates the covenant between God, Abraham, and his seed, with achareikha ‘after you’ extending the promise beyond Abraham’s lifetime.
The infinitive construct lihyot {לִהְיוֹת | lih-yō-ṯ} introduces purpose, leading into the double lamed frame lekha le’Elohim ulzarʿakha achareikha {לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ | lə-kā lê-ʾĕ-lō-hîm ū-lə-zar-ʿă-kā ʾa-ḥa-rê-kā}, which articulates God’s ongoing relational role to both Abraham and his descendants. In English, the original verb-first construction is rendered subject-verb to enhance clarity, and the layered prepositional elements are punctuated to preserve the verse’s intergenerational and covenantal emphasis.
In context — Genesis 17:7
I will confirm My covenant between Me and you and between your seed after you in every generation, as an everlasting covenant, so that I will be God to you and to your seed after you.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:7:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Genesis 17:7, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ (akharekha) 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.17.7.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.7.W15.S1) and character.