אַחַר properly substantive
the hinder or
following part (compare the plural)
1. adverb
2. preposition
c. Nehemiah 5:15 strangely: Ew RV
besides; but text probably corrupt, see Be Ry.
Plural only construct
אַחֲרֵי with suffix
אַחֲרַי,
ָאַחֲרֶיך, etc.
1. substantive hinder part 2 Samuel 2:23 בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית with the
hinder end of the spear.
2. preposition
a. of place,
behind, after Genesis 18:10 וְהוּא אַחֲרָיו and it
behind him
Deuteronomy 11:30;
Judges 5:14;
1 Samuel 14:13;
1 Samuel 21:10 [
1 Samuel 21:9] ;
Hosea 5:8 ָאַחֲרֶיך Behind thee! (sc. Look
or The foe is); with a verb as
הִבִּיט to look
Genesis 19:17;
1 Samuel 24:9 [
1 Samuel 24:8],
ׁהֵנִיעַ ראֹש to shake the head
2 Kings 19:21 (=
Isaiah 37:22), especially verbs expressing or implying motion, as
בָּא to enter in (see Dr
2 Samuel 20:14)
בִּעֵר,
דָּבֵק,
דָּלַק,
הָיָה,
הָלַח,
מִלֵּא,
פָּנָה,
רָדַף,
הִשְׁלִיח (see these words).
b. of time,
after Genesis 9:9 זַרְעֲכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם your seed
after you; similarly
Genesis 17:7-10,
Genesis 17:19;
Genesis 35:12;
Genesis 48:4;
Exodus 28:43;
Numbers 25:13 all P (also
Deuteronomy 1:8;
Deuteronomy 4:37;
Deuteronomy 10:15;
1 Samuel 24:22 [
1 Samuel 24:21];
2 Samuel 7:12 ||), & with
בָּנָיו Genesis 18:19 J (+
ֺבֵּיתו)
Exodus 29:29 P
Leviticus 25:46 H [Code of Holiness]
Deuteronomy 4:40;
Deuteronomy 12:25,
Deuteronomy 12:28;
Jeremiah 32:18,
Jeremiah 32:39;
1 Chronicles 28:8;
Proverbs 20:7,
ּדּוֺרוֺתֵינו Joshua 22:27,
ֺבֵּיתו Job 21:21;
Exodus 10:14;
Judges 10:3 etc.; with infinitive
Genesis 5:4 ֺאַחֲרֵי הוֺלִידֹו after his begetting Sheth,
Genesis 13:14;
Genesis 14:17;
Genesis 18:12;
Genesis 25:11 + often;
אַחֲרֵי־כֵן afterwards Genesis 6:4 (
אחרי כן אשׁר =
afterwards, when, compare
2 Chronicles 35:20)
Genesis 15:14;
Genesis 23:19;
Genesis 25:26;
Genesis 32:21 [
Genesis 32:20];
Genesis 41:31;
Genesis 45:15 etc.;
ויהי אחרי־כן as a formula of transition chiefly in 2 Samuel (
2 Samuel 2:1;
2 Samuel 8:1 ||
2 Samuel 10:1 ||
2 Samuel 13:1;
2 Samuel 21:18 ||) compare
1 Samuel 24:6 [
1 Samuel 24:5];
Judges 16:4;
2 Kings 6:24;
2 Chronicles 20:1;
2 Chronicles 24:4; in late Hebrew
אַחֲרֵי זֹאת Job 42:16;
Ezra 9:10;
2 Chronicles 21:18 (+
כָּל־ 2 Chronicles 35:20 (do.); compare Aramaic
אַחֲרֵי דְנָה Daniel 2:29,
Daniel 2:45, and
בָּאתַר דְּנָה Daniel 7:6,
Daniel 7:7. — The local (metaphor) and temporal senses blend
Psalm 49:14 [
Psalm 49:13]
ּוְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצו &
after them (i.e. following, imitating them) men applaud their speech, compare
Job 21:33.
4. with other prepositions: —
(
α)
from behind Genesis 19:26;
2 Samuel 2:23;
from after i.e.
from following after, usually with
שׁוּב or
סוּר 1 Samuel 24:2;
2 Samuel 2:22,
2 Samuel 2:26,
2 Samuel 2:30;
2 Samuel 11:15;
Joshua 22:16,
Joshua 22:18,
Joshua 22:23,
Joshua 22:29;
1 Samuel 15:11 +; with other verbs of motion, as
עָלָה 1 Samuel 14:46;
2 Samuel 20:2,
נַעֲלָה 2 Samuel 2:27,
לָקַח Amos 7:15;
1 Chronicles 17:7,
זָנָה Hosea 1:2; pregnantly
Isaiah 30:21 thy ears shall hear a word
ָמֵאַחֲרֶיך coming from behind thee,
Jeremiah 9:21 [
Jeremiah 9:22] (that is
נָפַל, see
Jeremiah 9:21a [
Jeremiah 9:22a])
1 Samuel 13:7 
We Dr
חָֽרְדוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו
†
אַחֲרַי Adjective Proverbs 28:23 (si vera lectio).
אָדָם אַחֲרַי a man
that turneth backwards (compare
Jeremiah 7:24) so Jos Ki De Ol
p. 429 (doubtfully) Now Sta
§ 301 b: according to Ew
§ 220 a Hi an abnormal adverb =
afterwards, Lag
Pr conjectures
ֺבְּאָרְחו compare
ὁδούς.
See related Aramaic BDB entry
H311.
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