Jeremiah 16:12:8Jer.16.12.W8TAB
אַֽחֲרֵי֙
akharei
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-REI
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈreː/
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-REI
- clause
ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM ISH a-kha-REI she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA le-vil-TI she-MO-a e-LAI
- sentence
ve-a-TEM ha-re-o-TEM la-a-SOT me-a-vo-te-KHEM ve-hin-ne-KHEM hol-KHIM ISH a-kha-REI she-ri-RUT li-BO-ha-RA le-vil-TI she-MO-a e-LAI
Exegesis
The noun chain acharei sherirut libbo hara {אַֽחֲרֵי שְׁרִר֣וּת לִבּוֹ הָרָע | ʾa-ḥă-rê šə-rî-rût liḇ-bō hā-rāʿ} depicts willful pursuit of an evil inclination.
In context — Jeremiah 16:12
And you have done worse than your fathers , and behold, each one of you walks after the stubbornness of his evil heart, so as not to listen to Me .
About this coordinate
Jeremiah 16:12:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Jeremiah 16:12, so the Hebrew word אַֽחֲרֵי֙ (akharei) 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 Jer.16.12.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Jer.16.12.W8.S1) and character.