Judges 20:40:9Judg.20.40.W9TAB
אַחֲרָ֔יו
akharav
“behind him”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RAV
- Extended
- ah-khah-RAAV
- IPA
- /ʔaħăˈrɔːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- behind him
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-RAV
- clause
va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
- sentence
ve-ham-ma-SE-et he-KHE-la la-a-LOT min-ha-IR a-MUD a-SHAN va-yi-FEN bin-ya-MIN a-kha-RAV ve-hin-NE a-LA khe-lil-ha-IR ha-sha-MAI-ma
Exegesis
The vav-consecutive way-yip-phen bin-yā-min ʾa-ḥă-rāw {וַיִּפֶן בִּנְיָמִן אַחֲרָיו | way-yip-phen bin-yā-min ʾa-ḥă-rāw} ‘and Benjamin turned back’ shifts the narrative focus to the rear scene.
Root and etymology
’-ḥaleph–chet
“brother”
In context — Judges 20:40
And the signal began to ascend from the city—a pillar of smoke—and Benjamin turned back, and behold, the whole city went up toward the heavens .
About this coordinate
Judges 20:40:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Judges 20:40, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרָ֔יו (akharav) 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.20.40.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.40.W9.S1) and character.