Job 18:2:6Job.18.2.W6TAB
וְאַחַ֥ר
veakhar
“and after”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAHR
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and after
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-a-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-KHAR ne-dab-BER
- clause
ta-vi-NU ve-a-KHAR ne-dab-BER
- sentence
ad-A-na te-si-MUN kin-TSE le-mil-LIN ta-vi-NU ve-a-KHAR ne-dab-BER
Exegesis
The second half shifts to two sequential imperfects: tavinu {תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ | tā-ḇî-nū} ‘you will understand’ followed by veakhar nedabber {וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר | wə-ʾa-ḥar nə-dab-bēr} ‘and afterward we will speak’, creating a progression in which comprehension is treated as the necessary precursor to continued dialogue. English renders the first clause as a rhetorical rebuke and the second as a directive-plus-result sequence (“understand … then we will speak”), preserving the discourse logic while expressing the idiom naturally.
In context — Job 18:2
How long will you make an end of words? Mark, and afterward we will speak.
About this coordinate
Job 18:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 18:2, so the Hebrew word וְאַחַ֥ר (veakhar) 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 Job.18.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.18.2.W6.S1) and character.