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title: אָחַר — to remain behind · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָחַר (309), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: to remain behind. BDB 1906: vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָחַר

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«אָחַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **to remain behind** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 17 times · **Key:** 309 · **BDB:** אָחַר

### Glosses

delay (5); it.will.delay (2); I.have.delayed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

to remain behind [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/309/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/309/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. to remain behind, delay, tarry (Arabic أَخَّرَ to put off, also to remain behind; Aramaic Pa. אְחַר, Aph. ܐܰܘܚܰܕ, Shaph. ܫܰܘܚܰܪ, Sab. אחֿר OsianderZMG 1865, 197; אחֿחֿר DHMEpigr. Denkm. 34). once only Gn 32:5 וָאֵחַר (contr. from וָאֶאֱחַר cf. אֵהָ֑ב Pr 8:17) and I have tarried until now. Pf. אֵחַר Gn 34:19; אֶחֱרוּ Ju 5:28; Impf. יְאַחֵר, תְּאַחֵר, (3 times תְּאַחַ֑ר) etc. Gn 24:56 + 9 times; Pt. (־רֵי) מְאַחֲרִים 3 times intensive, delay, tarry, abs. Ju 5:28 (‖ בּשֵׁשׁ לָבוֹא) Is 46:13 and my salvation לֹא תְאַחֵר Hb 2:3 ψ 40:18 = 70:6 Dn 9:19; with ל \& inf. Gn 34:19.—Pr 23:30 מְאַחֲרִים עַל־הַיָּיִ֑ן those tarrying over the wine, Is 5:11 מְאַחֲרֵי בַנֶּשֶׁף, ψ 127:2 מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת (‖ מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם). causat. of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder Gn 24:56; keep back (= bring late) Ex 22:28; with ל \& inf. delay to … Dt 23:22 quoted Ec 5:3: ellipt. Dt 7:10 he delayeth (it, the recompense) not to his enemy.—2 S 20:5 Qr וַיּ֫וֹחֶר is taken by Ol§ 241 c as Qal (cf. וַתּ֫חֶז v 9 from אָחַז), by Sta§ 498 c KöI. 397 Ges§ 68 2 Rem as Hiph. (lit. shewed, exhibited delay): on the Kt (? וַיֵּיחַר) v. DrSm.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָחַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/309/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.30/)

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לַֽמְאַחֲרִ֥ים עַל־הַיָּ֑יִן לַ֝בָּאִ֗ים לַחְקֹ֥ר מִמְסָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* to \[those who\].delay over the wine to \[those who\].go to examine mixed.wine

*JPS 1917:* They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to try mixed wine.

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[Exodus 22:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.22.28/)

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מְלֵאָתְךָ֥ וְדִמְעֲךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְאַחֵ֑ר בְּכ֥וֹר בָּנֶ֖יךָ תִּתֶּן־לִּֽי׃

*Word for word:* produce your.full and juice your not you.must.delay the.firstborn your.sons your you.will.give to me

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not delay to offer of the fulness of thy harvest, and of the outflow of thy presses. The first-born of thy sons shalt thou give unto Me.

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