Job 21:3:4Job.21.3.W4TAB
וְאַחַ֖ר
veakhar
“and after”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAHR
- IPA
- /wəʔaˈħar/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ve-a-KHAR
- clause
ve-a-KHAR dab-be-RI tal-e-IG
- sentence
sa-U-ni ve-a-no-KHI a-da-BER ve-a-KHAR dab-be-RI tal-e-IG
Exegesis
The waw-consecutive ve’achar dabri {וְאַחַ֖ר דַּבְּרִ֣י | wə-’aḥar dab-rî} forms a temporal sequence indicating what follows the speech.
In context — Job 21:3
Bear with me, and I will speak ; and after I have spoken, you may mock .
About this coordinate
Job 21:3:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Job 21:3, so the Hebrew word וְאַחַ֖ר (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.21.3.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.21.3.W4.S1) and character.