Judges 16:4:2Judg.16.4.W2TAB
אַחֲרֵי
akharei
“after”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-REI
- Extended
- ah-khah-REE
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħaˈreː/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-REI
- phraseyour reading level
a-kha-REI KEN
- clause
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI KEN va-ye-e-HAV i-SHA be-na-KHAL so-REK
- sentence
va-ye-HI a-kha-REI KEN va-ye-e-HAV i-SHA be-na-KHAL so-REK u-she-MA de-li-LA
Exegesis
The phrase acharei ken {אַחֲרֵי כֵן | ʾăḥărê kēn} ‘after this’ establishes temporal context for a new episode.
In context — Judges 16:4
And it happened after this that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.
About this coordinate
Judges 16:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Judges 16:4, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵי (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 Judg.16.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.16.4.W2.S1) and character.