Genesis 19:26:3Gen.19.26.W3TAB
מֵאַחֲרָ֑יו
meakharav
“from behind him”
- Transliteration
- me-a-kha-RAV
- Extended
- meh-ah-khah-RAAV
- IPA
- /meː.ʔă.ħa.ˈraːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- from behind him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
me-a-kha-RAV
- clause
va-tab-BET ish-TO me-a-kha-RAV
- sentence
va-tab-BET ish-TO me-a-kha-RAV vat-te-HI ne-TSIV ME-lakh
Exegesis
The first clause, “vatabet ishto meacharav,” begins with the verb, followed by the subject ishto {אִשְׁתּוֹ | ʾiš-tô} ‘his wife’ and the prepositional phrase meacharav {מֵאַחֲרָיו | mē-ʾa-ḥă-rāw} ‘from behind him,’ highlighting her hesitation and focus on what she left behind.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥ-raleph–chet–resh
“after, behind”
In context — Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a column of salt .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:26:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Genesis 19:26, so the Hebrew word מֵאַחֲרָ֑יו (meakharav) 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.19.26.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.26.W3.S1) and character.