Gn 49:17
,
נָשֹׂוג
be turned
2 S 1:22
(
||
רֵיקָם תָּשׁוּב
),
שׁוּן
ψ 9:4
;
56:10
+
,
נָסֹוג
35:
4;
40:15
+
(of enemies repulsed),
44:19 Is 50:5
(from obedience to God),
נָזֹור
Is 1:
4,
הֵשִׁיב
44:25
ψ 44:11
,
הִכָּה
78:6
6;
behind
(
opp.
קֶדֶם
)
ψ 139:5
Jb 23:
8; in the phrase
וְאָחֹור פָּנִים
in front and
behind
•1 Ch 19:10
(altered from
מִפָּ׳ וּמֵאָ׳
in 2 S
v. infr
.)
2 Ch 13:14 Ez 2:1
0.
b.
בְּאָחֹור
•
Pr 29:11
,
וְחָכָם בְּאָחֹור יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה
Ges Hi
but a wise man stilleth it (
רוּחַ
anger)
backwards
(sc. when it would break forth),
De
in the background
, sc. of his heart (
||
כְסִיל כָּל־רוּחֹו יֹוצִיא
).
c.
לְאָחֹור
(
α
) as
a.
•
ψ 114:3
,
5 Je 7:2
4; (
β
) of time,
hereafter
(
cf.
לְפָּנִים
=
before)
•
Is 41:23
;
42:23
.
d.
מֵאָחֹור
behind
(
מן
=
on the side of)
•
2 S 10:9
מִפָּנִים וּמֵ׳
in front and
behind
,
Is 9:11
וּפְלִשְׁתִּים מֵאָ׳
and the Philistines
behind
(
=
on the West),
opp.
אֲרָם מִקֶּדֶם
.
•
Plur.
cstr.
אֲחֹרֵי
hinder part
(of the tabernacle
Ex 26:12
, (of a man or animal)
1 K 7:25
(
=
2 Ch 4:
4)
Ez 8:16
(of God)
Ex 33:23
.
• אֲחֹרַנִּית S 322 TWOT 68d GK 345 adv. (proposes an adj. fem ., cf.
קְדֹרַנִּית
Sta
§ 367)
backwards
(
=
poet.
אָחֹור
)
Gn 9:23
(×2) 1 S 4:18 1 K 18:37 2 K 20:1
0,
11 Is 38:
8.
אַחֲרֹון S 314 TWOT 68e GK 34051 f. אַחֲרֹונָה , pl. אַחֲרֹנִים (also אַחֲרֹונִים ), adj. from אַחַר , coming after or behind (as a compar. or superl., according to the context); hence a. of place, behind, hindermost Gn 33:2 (×2); הָאַחֲרֹון הַיָּם the hinder ( = the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opp. הַיָּם הַקַּדְמֹונִי the front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heavens, turning naturally to the East, cf. קֶדֶם of the East, יָמִין , תֵּימָן of the South, above sv. אָחֹור d. and Assyrian mat aḫarru ‘the Western land,’ of Phœnicia & Palestine) • Dt 11:24 ;
34:2 Jo 2:20 Zc 14: 8; Jb 18:20 poet. אַחֲרֹנִים Ew Hi Di De the dwellers in the West ( opp. קַדְמֹונִים ). More commonly b. of time, latter or last (according to context) Ex 4:8 Dt 24:3 2 S 19:12 Is 8:2 3, of God Is 44:6 ( || רִאשֹׁון ) 48:12 (do.) cf. 41: 4; in genl. subsequent (vaguely), יֹום א׳ = time to come •Is 30:8 Pr 31:25 (but Ne 8:18 הָאַ׳ הַיֹּום = the last day), (הַ)דֹּור (הָ)אַ׳ the following generation • Dt 29:21 ψ 48:14 ; 78:4 , 6 ; 102:19 , (הָ)אַחֲרֹנִים they that come after Jb 18:20 ( Ges Schl) Ec 1:11 ; 4:16 , but Is 41:4 the last , Jb 19:25 וְאַחֲרֹון עַל־עָפָר יָקוּם and as one coming after (me) (and so able to establish my innocence when I am dead) will he ( גֹּֽאֲלִי my Vindicator) arise