Nehemiah 13:19:16Neh.13.19.W16TAB

אַחַ֣ר

akhar

after

Transliteration
a-KHAR
Extended
ah-KHAHR
IPA
/ʔaˈħar/

Meaning by language

English
after

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Result
אַ + חַ֣ר
a + khar
akhar

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-KHAR

  2. phraseyour reading level

    a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT

  3. clause

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT

  4. sentence

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

Exegesis

The relative clause asher lo yiftachum ad achar haShabbat {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִפְתָּחוּם עַד אַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת | ʾa-šer lō yip-ta-ḥûm ʿad ā-ḥar ha-šab-bāt} ‘that they shall not open until after the Sabbath’ establishes the prohibition.

Root and etymology

’-ḥaleph–chet

brother, kinsman

In contextNehemiah 13:19

When evening shadows fell at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed, and I commanded that they must not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my young men at the gates, so that no burden would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:19:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Nehemiah 13:19, so the Hebrew word אַחַ֣ר (akhar) 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 Neh.13.19.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.19.W16.S1) and character.