Genesis 18:12:5Gen.18.12.W5TAB
אַחֲרֵ֤י
akhare
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RE
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħă.ˈreː/
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 | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RE
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-RE ve-lo-TI
- clause
a-kha-RE ve-lo-TI ha-ye-ta-LI ed-NA va-a-do-NI za-KEN
- sentence
va-tits-KHAK sa-RA be-kir-BAH le-a-MOR a-kha-RE ve-lo-TI ha-ye-ta-LI ed-NA va-a-do-NI za-KEN
Exegesis
The preposition acharei {אַחֲרֵ֤י | ʾa-ḥă-rê} governs the infinitive beloti {בְלֹתִי֙ | bə-lō-tî} ‘my being worn out’, creating a temporal setup for her doubt.
In context — Genesis 18:12
And Sarah laughed inwardly, saying, “Once I have grown frail, shall I find pleasure , when my lord himself is old?”
About this coordinate
Genesis 18:12:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Genesis 18:12, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵ֤י (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 Gen.18.12.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.18.12.W5.S1) and character.