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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Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-KHAR
- phraseyour reading level
a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT
- 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
- 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 context — Nehemiah 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.