Numbers 14:24:9Num.14.24.W9TAB
אַחֲרָ֑י
akharai
“after me”
- Transliteration
- a-kha-RAI
- Extended
- ah-kha-RAI
- IPA
- /ʔaxaˈraj/
Meaning by language
- English
- after me
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-kha-RAI
- clause
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI
- sentence
ve-av-DI ka-LEV E-kev ha-ye-TAH RU-akh a-KHE-ret im-MO va-ye-mal-LE a-kha-RAI va-ha-vi-o-TIV el-ha-A-retz a-SHER-BA sha-MAH ve-zar-O yo-ri-she-NAH
Exegesis
The Piel verb vayemale {וַיְמַלֵּא | way-ya-mal-lēʾ} intensifies action with the suffix acharai {אַחֲרָי | ʾa-ḥă-rāy} ‘after me,’ emphasizing complete obedience.
In context — Numbers 14:24
But my servant Caleb, because there was another spirit with him and he fully followed Me, I will bring him into the land that he came to, and his descendants will inherit it.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:24:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Numbers 14:24, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרָ֑י (akharai) 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 Num.14.24.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.24.W9.S1) and character.