Genesis 17:8:4Gen.17.8.W4TAB
אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ
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
- phraseyour reading level
u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha
- clause
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM
- sentence
ve-na-tat-TI le-KHA u-le-zar-a-KHA a-kha-RE-kha ET E-rets me-gu-RE-kha ET kol-E-rets ke-na-AN la-a-khu-ZAT o-LAM ve-ha-YI-ti la-HEM le-e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
Achareikha {אַחֲרֶיךָ | ʾa-ḥa-rê-ḵā} ‘after you’ broadens the scope beyond the first generation.
In context — Genesis 17:8
I will give to you and to your descendants after you the land where you live as a foreigner, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession , and I will be God to them.
About this coordinate
Genesis 17:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 17:8, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֶ֜יךָ (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.17.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.17.8.W4.S1) and character.