Joshua 22:18:4Josh.22.18.W4TAB
מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י
meacharei
“from following”
- Transliteration
- me-a-cha-REI
- Extended
- meh-a-kha-REI
- IPA
- /meʔaħăˈreː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from following
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| 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
me-a-cha-REI
- clause
ve-a-TEM ta-SHU-vu ha-YOM me-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH
- sentence
ve-a-TEM ta-SHU-vu ha-YOM me-a-cha-REI Ye-ho-VAH ve-ha-YA a-TEM tim-re-DU ha-YOM ba-ye-ho-VAH u-ma-KHAR el-KOL-a-DAT yis-ra-EL yik-TSOF
Exegesis
The phrase meacharei YHWH {מֵאַחֲרֵי יְהוָה | mē-ʾăḥărêy yə-hō-wāh} ‘from after the LORD’ employs min plus construct to indicate relational departure.
Root and etymology
ʾ-ḥ-raleph–heth–resh
“after, behind”
In context — Joshua 22:18
Are you turning aside today from after the LORD ? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
About this coordinate
Joshua 22:18:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Joshua 22:18, so the Hebrew word מֵאַחֲרֵ֖י (meacharei) 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 Josh.22.18.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.22.18.W4.S1) and character.