• [ אַח S 252, 254 TWOT 2566, 66a GK 279 ] n.m. brother ;— pl. sf. אחיך Kt (? יִךְ ^—

K ^§ 53, 2, Anm. b ) ), אֶחָךְ Qr ( K § 63 ) Ezr 7:18 thy brethren , i.e. follows, associates.

[ אַחֲוָיָה S 263 TWOT 2722a ] v. [ חוה ^].

[ אֲחִידָה S 280 TWOT 2567 ] v. חוד ^.

• אַחְמְתָא S 307 (orig. -תָן ^or -תָנָא Nö in Streck ZA 15, 368 ) n.pr.loc. Ecbatana ,

Ezr 6:2 ; capital of Media, captured by Cyrus ( B . C . 550), and then summer residence of Pers. kings; mod. ﻩمذان ( hmḏ˒n ) Hamaḏân , Spieg ²⁴⁴ Margoliouth HastDB A CHMETHA , especially Brugsch Reise n. Persien (1862), i. 360–392 ( OMed. Agmatana Dl

Calwer Bib. Lex. ; OPers. Hañgmatâna ( = place of assembling ) Spieg ^l.c., Bab. Agam(a)tanu Beh ⁶⁰, Bez ^{p. 26}, etc.; Ἀγβάτανα Herod. ^{i. 98}; G Ἐκβατανα 2 Macc

9:3 +; Mey ^Gesch. d. Alt. i. § 485 Streck ^{l, c. 367 f.}) .

• [ אחר ^{] pl.} c. אַחֲרֵי ^{, prep.} after ( ^Cappad. and Egyptian Aramaic אחר

afterwards ( Lzb ^{Eph. i. 361} S-C ^{Pap. C 8}), prob. Nab. אחר after ( Lzb 212 SAC 16 );

Egyptian Aramaic אחריכם ^{(S-CPap. C 8 +); T} (sometimes) אֲחוֹרֵי ^{; BH} אַחַר ) ^;—אַחֲרֵי דְנָה after this Dn 2:2 9, 45 ; c. sf. אַחֲרֵיהֹן 7:2 4. Usually

Aramaic syn. בָּאתַר ^{, q.v.}

Kt K ^ethibh . Qr Q ^erê.
n.pr.loc. nomen proprium loci, proper name of place. Spieg F. Spiegal.

Hast Dictionary of the Bible, ed. James Hastings. Dl Friedrich Delitzsch.

OPers. Old Persian. OP also (in Che ^OP)= Origin of Psalter. Bab. Babylonian.

Bez C. Bezold. Herod. Herodotus. Mey E. Meyer. Gesch. Geschichte. Cappad. Cappadocia. Lzb M. Ephemeris, Ephemeris für semitische Epigraphik . Nab. Nabataean.

SAC Stanley A. Cook; especially circa., Aramaic Glossary.