Leviticus 14:8:9Lev.14.8.W9TAB
וְאַחַ֖ר
vehakhar
“after”
- Transliteration
- veh-a-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAR
- IPA
- /vəʔaˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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 |
Tap any letter to hear its name and sound
Now you try — trace the word:
The word
Word in context
- word
veh-a-KHAR
- clause
ve-kih-BES ha-mit-ta-HER et-beh-gah-DAV ve-gil-LAKH et-KOL-seh-ah-RO veh-rah-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-HER veh-a-KHAR ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NEH
- sentence
ve-kih-BES ha-mit-ta-HER et-beh-gah-DAV ve-gil-LAKH et-KOL-seh-ah-RO veh-rah-KHATS ba-MA-yim veh-ta-HER veh-a-KHAR ya-VO el-ha-ma-kha-NEH veh-ya-SHAV mi-KHUTS le-ah-ho-LO shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The temporal marker veachar {וְאַחַר | və-’a-ḥar} ‘and after’ introduces the transition to yavo el hamachaneh {יָבֹא אֶל־הַמַּחֲנֶה | yā-vō el-ha-ma-ḥa-nē} ‘he shall enter the camp’, contrasted with the probationary clause veyashav michuts leohalo {וְיָשַׁב מִחוּץ לְאָהֳלוֹ | və-yā-šaḇ mi-ḥūṣ le-’ō-hā-lō} ‘and he shall dwell outside his tent’.
In context — Leviticus 14:8
And the one being cleansed shall wash his garments , shave off all his hair, and bathe in water; then he shall be clean. Afterwards he shall enter the camp , but he shall remain outside his tent for seven days.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 14:8:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Leviticus 14:8, so the Hebrew word וְאַחַ֖ר (vehakhar) 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 Lev.14.8.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.14.8.W9.S1) and character.