Numbers 25:13:4Num.25.13.W4TAB

אַחֲרָיו

akharav

after him

Transliteration
a-kha-ra-V
Extended
ah-kha-hrah-V
IPA
/ʔaħaˈraːv/

Meaning by language

English
after him

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result
אַ + חֲ + רָ + יו
a + kha + ra + v
akharav

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Chetch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch
Hateph Patachreduced 'ah'
Reshr guttural, like the French r
Qametslong 'ah'
Yody as in yes; marks long ī
Vavv as in vine; marks long ō / ū

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Word in context

  1. word

    a-kha-ra-V

  2. sentence

    ve-ha-ye-TAH LO u-le-zar-O a-kha-ra-V be-REET ke-hu-NAT o-LAM TA-khat a-SHER ki-NE le-e-lo-HAIV va-ye-kha-PER al-be-NEI yis-ra-EL

Exegesis

Possession and succession are expressed by lo {לוֹ | lō} ‘to him’, ulezar’o {וּלְזַרְע֣וֹ | ū-lə-zar-ʿō} ‘and to his seed’, and acharav {אַחֲרָ֔יו | ʼa-ḥă-rā-v} ‘after him’, indicating the hereditary scope of the covenant.

In contextNumbers 25:13

And it shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of everlasting priesthood, because he was zealous for his God and he made atonement for the children of Israel.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:13:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 25:13, so the Hebrew word אַחֲרָיו (akharav) 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.25.13.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.13.W4.S1) and character.