Numbers 25:8:2Num.25.8.W2TAB

אַחַר

akhar

after

Transliteration
a-KHAR
Extended
ah-KHAR
IPA
/aˈħar/

Meaning by language

English
after

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Result
אַ + חַר
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. sentence

    va-ya-VO a-KHAR ISH-YIS-ra-EL el-ha-KU-ba va-ye-DE-kor et-shne-HEM ET ISH YIS-ra-EL ve-ET-ha-i-SHAH el-ko-va-TAH va-yi-a-TZAR ha-ma-ge-FAH ME-al be-NEI yis-ra-EL

In contextNumbers 25:8

He entered after the Israelite man into the chamber, and he pierced both of them—the man and the woman—into her belly . Then the plague ceased among the Israelites.

About this coordinate

Numbers 25:8:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Numbers 25:8, so the Hebrew word אַחַר (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 Num.25.8.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.25.8.W2.S1) and character.