Genesis 24:39:6Gen.24.39.W6TAB
אַחֲרָֽי׃
akharai
“after me”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RAI
- Extended
- ah-khah-RAAI
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħăˈraːj/
Meaning by language
- English
- after me
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RAI
- clause
u-LAI lo-te-LEKH ha-ish-SHA a-kha-RAI
- sentence
va-o-MAR el-a-do-NI u-LAI lo-te-LEKH ha-ish-SHA a-kha-RAI
Exegesis
The prepositional phrase acharai {אַחֲרַי | ʾa-ḥa-ray} ‘after me’ depicts physical following, conveying the servant’s concern that she may not be willing to leave her land to follow him. English renders the Hebrew hypothetical structure as a direct question (“What if…”) in the dynamic reconstruction to mirror natural speech, while the formal reconstruction preserves the more literal “Perhaps … will not go after me.”
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥ-raleph–chet–resh
“after, behind”
In context — Genesis 24:39
And I said to my master , “Perhaps the woman will not go after me.”
About this coordinate
Genesis 24:39:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 24:39, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרָֽי׃ (akharai) 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.24.39.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.24.39.W6.S1) and character.