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title: אֲחֹרַנִּית — backwards · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחֹרַנִּית (322), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: backwards. BDB 1906: adv. backwards. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחֹרַנִּית

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«אֲחֹרַנִּית» in the Tanakh dictionary: **backwards** — 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 322 · **BDB:** אֲחֹרַנִּית

### Glosses

backwards (6); \[were\].backwards (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

backwards [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/322/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. backwards [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/322/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. (proposes an adj. fem., cf. קְדֹרַנִּית Sta§ 367) backwards (= poet. אָחוֹר) Gn 9:23(×2) 1 S 4:18 1 K 18:37 2 K 20:10, 11 Is 38:8.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחֹרַנִּית» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/322/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Kings 20:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2KI.20.10/)

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וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ נָקֵ֣ל לַצֵּ֔ל לִנְט֖וֹת עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת לֹ֣א כִ֔י יָשׁ֥וּב הַצֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃

*Word for word:* and he.said Hezekiah it.is.trifling to the shadow to stretch.out ten steps no (dm) let.it.go.back the shadow backwards ten steps

*JPS 1917:* And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.'

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[1 Kings 18:37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.18.37/)

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עֲנֵ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ עֲנֵ֔נִי וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְאַתָּ֛ה הֲסִבֹּ֥תָ אֶת־לִבָּ֖ם אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃

*Word for word:* answer me O.Yahweh answer me so that.they.may.know the people (the) this (dm).that you O.Yahweh \[are\].(the) God and you you.have.turned.around (et) heart their backwards

*JPS 1917:* Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that Thou, LORD, art God, for Thou didst turn their heart backward.'

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