Leviticus 20:6:7Lev.20.6.W7TAB
אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם
akhareehem
“after them”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-REE-hem
- Extended
- ah-kha-REE-hehm
- IPA
- /ʔa.ħaˈreː.hɛm/
Meaning by language
- English
- after them
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 | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-REE-hem
- clause
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem
- sentence
ve-ha-NE-fesh a-SHER tif-NEH el-ha-O-vot ve-el-ha-YID-deh-o-NEEM liz-NOT a-kha-REE-hem ve-na-ta-TI et-pa-NAI ba-NE-fesh ha-HI ve-hiKH-ra-TI o-TO mi-KE-rev am-MO
In context — Leviticus 20:6
And the soul who turns to the mediums and the spiritists, to prostitute themselves after them, I will set my face against that soul and will cut it off from the midst of its people.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 20:6:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 20:6, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרֵיהֶ֑ם (akhareehem) 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.20.6.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.20.6.W7.S1) and character.