Leviticus 15:28:7Lev.15.28.W7TAB
וְאַחַ֥ר
vehahkhar
“and after”
- Transliteration
- veh-ah-KHAR
- Extended
- veh-ah-KHAR
- IPA
- /və.ʔaˈχar/
Meaning by language
- English
- and 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 |
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Word in context
- word
veh-ah-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
- clause
veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
- sentence
veh-im-ta-ha-RAH miz-zoh-VAH veh-saf-RAH LAH shiv-AT ya-MIM veh-ah-KHAR tit-HAR
Exegesis
The temporal conjunction ve’achar {וְאַחַר | wə-ʾa-ḥar} ‘and after’ introduces the imperfect verb tithar {תִּטְהָר | ṯi-ṭhā-r} ‘she shall be clean’, indicating a future change in status. The Hebrew structure of conditional protasis followed by apodosis underscores the cause-and-effect relationship central to purity legislation, which is rendered in English as a single flowing sentence to preserve both clarity and legal nuance.
In context — Leviticus 15:28
But if she is cleansed from her discharge , then she shall count for herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 15:28:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 15:28, so the Hebrew word וְאַחַ֥ר (vehahkhar) 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.15.28.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.15.28.W7.S1) and character.