Proverbs 24:27:7Prov.24.27.W7TAB
אַ֝חַ֗ר
akhar
“afterward”
- Transliteration
- a-KHAR
- Extended
- ah-KHAHR
- IPA
- /ʔaˈħar/
Meaning by language
- English
- afterward
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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
- clause
a-KHAR u-va-NI-ta BE-te-KHA
- sentence
ha-KHEN ba-KHUTS me-la-AKH-te-KHA ve-a-TE-da ba-sa-DE LAKH a-KHAR u-va-NI-ta BE-te-KHA
Exegesis
The adverb akhar {אַ֝חַ֗ר | ’ă-ḥār} ‘afterward’ introduces a temporal sequence leading to uvanitah {וּבָנִ֥יתָ | ū-wā-nî-ṯā} ‘and you shall build’, a Qal perfect with waw-consecutive that signals the result of the prior preparations, culminating in beytekha {בֵיתֶֽךָ | bē-yəṯê-kā} ‘your house’ as the direct object. The coordinated imperatives and the temporal marker emphasize the priority of external work before domestic construction.
Root and etymology
א־ח־ר
“after; latter part”
In context — Proverbs 24:27
Prepare your work outside, and make it ready in the field for yourself; afterward, you shall build your house .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:27:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Proverbs 24:27, so the Hebrew word אַ֝חַ֗ר (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 Prov.24.27.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.27.W7.S1) and character.