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title: אַחֵר — another · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַחֵר (312), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 166 times: another. BDB 1906: adj. another. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַחֵר

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«אַחֵר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **another** — 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:** 166 times · **Key:** 312 · **BDB:** אַחֵר

### Glosses

other (83); another (61); others (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

another [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/312/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. another [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/312/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. another (proposes one coming behind), f. אַחֶ֑רֶת Ez 41:24 (dag. f. implic.); pl. אֲחֵרִים (as if from sg. אָחֵר), once Jb 31:10 אֲחֵרִין, אֲחֵרוֹת ( = Arabic آخَرُ, Sab. אאחֿר, Assyrian aḫrû future, fpl. as subst. aḫrât ûmê future of days) Gn 4:25 זֶרַע אַחֵר another seed 8:10 שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים seven other days Ex 22:4 בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר in the field of another + often; אִישׁ אַחֵר another man (husband) Gn 29:19 Dt 24:2 Je 3:1; חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 K 7:8 the other court, v. חָצֵר; הַחוֹמָה א׳ 2 Ch 32:5 the other wall, v. חוֹמָה. Appended to a n.pr. for distinction Ezr 2:31 = Ne 7:34 (see v 7 = Ne v 12) Ne 7:33 (prob. here textual error, v. BeRy 18: not in Ezr 2:29). Often with the collat. sense of different, as בְּגָדִים א׳ other garments Lv 6:4 1 S 28:8 Ez 42:14; 44:19; עָפָר, אֲבָנִים Lv 14:42; רוּחַ Nu 14:24; וְנֶהְפַּכְתָּ֫ לְאִישׁ אַ׳ 1 S 10:6; לֵב v 9 Ez 11:19 (𝔊 Hi Sm); שֵׁם Is 65:15 (cf. 62:2 חָדָשׁ); with that of strange, alien, as אִישׁ אַ׳ Dt 20:5, 6, 7; 28:30 (so אַחֵר, אֲחֵרִים alone ψ 109:8 Jb 31:8, 10 Is 65:22 Je 6:12; 8:10 al.); עַם Dt 28:32; אֶרֶץ 29:27 Je 22:26; אִשָּׁה Ju 11:2; לָשׁוֹן Is 28:11 (‖ בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה); especially in the phrase אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים other gods (63 times) Ex 20:3 (= Dt 5:7) 23:13 (both JE) Jos 24:2, 16 (E) 1 S 26:19 Ho 3:1, \& particularly in Dt (6:14; 8:19 + 15 times) \& Deut. writers, as Jos 23:16 Ju 2:12, 17, 19 Je (18 times) \& compiler of Kings; אֵל אַחֵר once Ex 34:14 (JE). So אַחֵר alone Is 42:8 ψ 16:4. †Of time, following, next (rare) בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַ׳ Gn 17:21 (P) in the next year; 2 K 6:29 בַּיּוֹם הָאַ׳; דּוֹר אַ׳ Joel 1:3 ψ 109:13 poet. the next generation (Ju 2:10 in prose = another generation).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 55 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַחֵר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/312/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 7:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.7.33/)

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אַנְשֵׁ֥י נְב֛וֹ אַחֵ֖ר חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וּשְׁנָֽיִם׃ס

*Word for word:* the.men of.Nebo \[the\].other fifty and two

*JPS 1917:* The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two.

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[Ezra 2:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.2.31/)

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בְּנֵי֙ עֵילָ֣ם אַחֵ֔ר אֶ֕לֶף מָאתַ֖יִם חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים וְאַרְבָּעָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* the.descendants of.Elam \[the\].other one.thousand two.hundred fifty and four

*JPS 1917:* The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four.

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