Genesis 22:13:6Gen.22.13.W6TAB
אַחַ֕ר
akhar
“behind”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAR
- Extended
- ah-KHAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- behind
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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 |
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Word in context
- word
a-KHAR
- clause
va-yis-SA av-ra-HAM et-ey-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-neh-A-yil a-KHAR ne-e-KHAZ bas-se-VAKH be-kar-NAV
- sentence
va-yis-SA av-ra-HAM et-ey-NAV va-YAR ve-hin-neh-A-yil a-KHAR ne-e-KHAZ bas-se-VAKH be-kar-NAV va-YE-lekh av-ra-HAM va-yik-KAKH et-ha-A-yil va-ya-a-LE-hu le-o-LAH TA-khat be-NO
Exegesis
The compact sequence ayil achar neʾeḥaz bas-seḇaḵ bə-qarnāyw {אַיִל אַחַר נֶאֱחַז בַּסְּבַךְ בְּקַרְנָיו | ʾayil ʾaḥar neʾeḥaz bas-seḇaḵ bə-qarnāyw} places the adverb achar ‘behind’ next to ayil to mark spatial relation, while the Niphal perfect neʾeḥaz ‘was caught’ portrays the ram’s passive entrapment, underscoring divine provision. The prepositional phrases bas-seḇaḵ ‘in the thicket’ and bə-qarnāyw ‘by its horns’ detail the means of capture. Repetition of Abraham’s name before vayikkakh forms a rhythmic pause that highlights his deliberate action. In the Hiphil form vayaʿălêhû leʿōlāh, the causative voice conveys the ritual act of offering, and tachat bənô ‘in place of his son’ uses tachat to express substitution, reflecting a key theological motif.
Root and etymology
ʾ-chaleph–chet
“brother, kin”
In context — Genesis 22:13
And Abraham lifted his eyes and saw, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by its horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering in place of his son.
About this coordinate
Genesis 22:13:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 22:13, so the Hebrew word אַחַ֕ר (akhar) 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.22.13.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.22.13.W6.S1) and character.