Judges 20:45:12Judg.20.45.W12TAB
אַחֲרָיו֙
akharav
“after him”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RAV
- Extended
- ah-khah-RAA-v
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħaːˈraːw/
Meaning by language
- English
- after 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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Word in context
- word
a-kha-RAV
- phraseyour reading level
va-yad-bi-KU a-kha-RAV
- clause
va-yad-bi-KU a-kha-RAV ad-gid-OM va-yak-KU mi-me-NU al-pa-YIM ISH
- sentence
va-yif-NU va-ya-NU-su ha-mid-be-RA el-SE-la ha-rim-MON va-yo-le-LU-hu ba-me-si-LOT kha-ME-shet a-la-FIM ISH va-yad-bi-KU a-kha-RAV ad-gid-OM va-yak-KU mi-me-NU al-pa-YIM ISH
Exegesis
The Hiphil vayadbiqu acharav {וַיַּדְבִּ֤יקוּ אַחֲרָיו֙ | wayyadbiqqû ʾaḥărāyw} ‘and they pursued after him’ with the spatial ad-gidom {עַד־גִּדְעֹ֔ם | ʿad-gîdʿôwm} ‘as far as Gidom’ underscores relentless chase, and vayakku mimmennu alpayim ish {וַיַּכּ֥וּ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ אַלְפַּ֥יִם אִֽישׁ | wayyakku mimmennû ʾalp̄āyîm ʾîš} ‘and they struck from them two thousand men’ completes the tally, demonstrating the thoroughness of Israel’s pursuit.
Root and etymology
’-ḥaleph–chet
“brother”
In context — Judges 20:45
And they turned and fled to the wilderness , to the rock of Rimmon, and they overtook them on the highways, five thousand men . And they pursued after them as far as Gidom and struck down from them two thousand men.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:45:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Judges 20:45, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרָיו֙ (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.20.45.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.45.W12.S1) and character.