Numbers 2:29:6Num.2.29.W6TAB
אֲחִירַ֖ע
akhira
“Ahira”
- Transliteration
- a-khi-RA
- Extended
- a-khee-RAH
- IPA
- /ʔa.xiˈraʕ/
Meaning by language
- English
- Ahira
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-khi-RA
- clause
ve-na-SI liv-NEI naf-ta-LI a-khi-RA ben-EI-nan
- sentence
u-ma-TEH naf-ta-LI ve-na-SI liv-NEI naf-ta-LI a-khi-RA ben-EI-nan
Exegesis
The construct li-vnêi {לִבְנֵ֣י | li-vnêî} ‘for the sons of’ affixes the leader to his tribal group, while the nominative sequence ʾăḥîraʿ ben-ʿênān {אֲחִירַ֖ע בֶּן־עֵינָֽן | ʾăḥîraʿ ben-ʿênān} specifies the individual by patronym. The repeated waw-conjunctions and construct chain mirror the hierarchical and sequential structure of Israel’s tribal organization, which is rendered in English by preserving the coordination and construct relationships.
In context — Numbers 2:29
And the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.
About this coordinate
Numbers 2:29:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Numbers 2:29, so the Hebrew word אֲחִירַ֖ע (akhira) 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.2.29.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.2.29.W6.S1) and character.