Job 19:25:5Job.19.25.W5TAB
וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן
veakharon
“and last or afterward”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-kha-RON
- Extended
- veh-ah-khah-ROHN
- IPA
- /və.ʔa.ħăˈroːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and last or afterward
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-kha-RON
- clause
ve-a-kha-RON al-a-FAR ya-KUM
- sentence
va-a-NI ya-da-TE-ti go-a-LI KHAI ve-a-kha-RON al-a-FAR ya-KUM
Exegesis
The phrase ve'acharon {וְאַחֲרוֹן | wəʾaḥărôn} ‘and last’ can be read adverbially (“at last/in the end”) or substantivally (“as the last one”), and the rendering “in the end/at the last” reflects the temporal-forward thrust of the line.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–chet–resh
“after, behind”
In context — Job 19:25
But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will arise upon the dust.
About this coordinate
Job 19:25:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 19:25, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אַחֲר֗וֹן (veakharon) 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.19.25.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.19.25.W5.S1) and character.