1. adverb a. of place, behind, twice Genesis 22:13 (many MSS. ⅏ ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Ol Ew read אֶחָד see Di) Psalm 68:26.

b. of time, afterwards Genesis 10:18; Genesis 18:5; Genesis 24:55; Genesis 30:21; Judges 19:5 +; וְאַחַר in laws of P, as Leviticus 14:8,19; Leviticus 15:28; Leviticus 22:7; Numbers 5:26 and elsewhere

2. preposition a. of place, behind, after Exodus 3:1; Exodus 11:5; 2 Kings 11:6; Songs 2:9; Isaiah 57:8: הָלַח אַחַר to go after, follow Genesis 37:17; 2 Kings 13:2; 2 Kings 23:3; Isaiah 65:2; Ezekiel 13:3; Job 31:7; חָיָה אַחַר 1 Samuel 12:14; מֵאַחַר from after 2 Samuel 7:8; Psalm 78:71; Isaiah 59:13.

b. of time, after Genesis 9:28; Leviticus 25:15 al; הָאֵלֶּה אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים after these things Genesis 15:1; Genesis 22:1; Genesis 39:7; Genesis 40:1; 1 Kings 17:17; 1 Kings 21:1; Ezra 7:1; Esther 2:1; Esther 3:1; אַחַר כֵּן Leviticus 14:36; Deuteronomy 21:13; 1 Samuel 10:5; אַחַר זֶה (late) 2 Chronicles 32:9; followed by infinitive Numbers 6:19; Jeremiah 40:1; 1 Chronicles 2:24; Job 21:3; עַד אַחַר till after Nehemiah 13:19.

c. Nehemiah 5:15 strangely: Ew RV besides; but text probably corrupt, see Be Ry. 3

conjunction אַחַר אֲשֶׁר after that Ezekiel 40:1; and without אשׁר Leviticus 14:43; Jeremiah 41:16; Job 42:7. As preposition & conjunction the plural אַחֲרֵי is much more frequently, which in any case must be used before suffixes.

Plural only construct אַחֲרֵי with suffix אַחֲרַי, אַחֲרֶיךָ, etc.

1. substantive hinder part 2 Samuel 2:23 בְּאַחֲרֵי הַחֲנִית with the hinder end of the spear.

2. preposition a. of place, behind, after Genesis 18:10 וְהוּא אַחֲרָיו and it behind him Deuteronomy 11:30; Judges 5:14; 1 Samuel 14:13; 1 Samuel 21:10; Hosea 5:8 אַחֲרֶיךָ Behind thee! (sc. Look or The foe is); with a verbas הִבִּיט to look Genesis 19:17; 1 Samuel 24:9, הֵנִיעַ ראֹשׁ to shake the head 2 Kings 19:21 ( = Isaiah 37:22), especially verbs expressing or implying motion, as בָּא to enter in (see Dr 2 Samuel 20:14) בִּעֵר, דָּבֵק, דָּלַק, הָיָה, הָלַח, מִלֵּא, מָּנָה, רָדַף, הִשְׁלִיח (see these words).

b. of time, after Genesis 9:9 זַרְעֲכֶם אַחֲרֵיכֶם your seed after you; similarly Genesis 17:7-10,19; Genesis 35:12; Genesis 48:4; Exodus 28:43; Numbers 25:13 all P (also Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 4:37; Deuteronomy 10:15; 1 Samuel 24:22; 2 Samuel 7:12 ""), & with בָּנָיו Genesis 18:19 J ( + בֵּיתוֺ) Exodus 29:29 P Leviticus 25:46 H Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 12:25,28; Jeremiah 32:18,39; 1 Chronicles 28:8; Proverbs 20:7, דּוֺרוֺתֵינוּ Joshua 22:27, בֵּיתוֺ Job 21:21; Exodus 10:14; Judges 10:3 etc.; with infinitive Genesis 5:4 אַחֲרֵי הוֺלִידֹוֺ after his begetting Sheth, Genesis 13:14; Genesis 14:17; Genesis 18:12; Genesis 25:11 + often; אַחֲרֵיכֵֿן afterwards Genesis 6:4 (אחרי כן אשׁר = afterwards, when, compare 2 Chronicles 35:20) Genesis 15:14; Genesis 23:18; Genesis 25:26; Genesis 32:21; Genesis 41:31; Genesis 45:15 etc.; ויהי אחריכֿן as a formula of transition chiefly in 2Samuel (2Samuel 2:1; 8:1 "" 2 Samuel 10:1 "" 2 Samuel 13:1; 2 Samuel 21:18 "") compare 1 Samuel 24:6; Judges 16:4; 2 Kings 6:24; 2Chronicles 20:1; 24:4 ; in late Hebrew אַחֲרֵי זֹאת Job 42:16; Ezra 9:10; 2Chronicles 21:18 ( + כָּלֿ2Chronicles 35:20 (do.); compare Aramaic אַחֲרֵי דְנָה Daniel 2:29,45, and בָּאתַר דְּנָה Daniel 7:6,7. — The local (metaphor) and temporal senses blend Psalm 49:14 וְאַחֲרֵיהֶם בְּפִיהֶם יִרְצוּ & after them (i.e. following, imitating them) men applaud their speech, compare Job 21:33.

3. conjunction אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר after that, with the finite verb Deuteronomy 24:4; Joshua 7:8; Joshua 9:16; Joshua 23:1; Joshua 24:20 +; without אשׁר Leviticus 25:48; 1 Samuel 5:9 . (The most common construction of אחרי is as a preposition with the infinitive construct) Joshua 2:7 אַחֲרֵי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָ˜צְאוּ must be an error, either for אחרי אשׁר or for כאשׁר alone (notice אחריהם twice in the same verse); 2 Samuel 24:10 read אַחֲרֵי סָפַר see Dr.

4 with other prepositions: —

a. מֵאַחֲרֵי₅₇, 1 Chronicles 17:7 מִןאַֿחֲרֵי ("" 2 Samuel 7:8 מֵאַחַר); (α) from behind Genesis 19:26; 2 Samuel 2:23; from after i.e. from following after, usually with שׁוּב or סוּר 1 Samuel 24:2; 2 Samuel 2:22,26,30; 2 Samuel 11:15; Joshua 22:16,18,23,29; 1 Samuel 15:11 +; with other verbs of motion, as עָלָה 1 Samuel 14:46; 2 Samuel 20:2, נַעֲלָה 2 Samuel 2:27, לָקַח Amos 7:15; 1 Chronicles 17:7, זָנָה Hosea 1:2; pregnantly Isaiah 30:21 thy ears shall hear a word מֵאַחֲרֶיךָ coming from behind thee, Jeremiah 9:21 (that is נָפַל, see v^a) 1 Samuel 13:7 ᵐ5^L We Dr חָֽרְדוּ מֵאַחֲרָיו (β) denoting position (מן = off, on the side of; see מן behind Exodus 14:19 (twice in verse); Joshua 8:2,4,14; 1 Kings 10:19; Nehemiah 4:7 (מֵאַחֲרֵי לְ) 2 Chronicles 13:13 b, (γ) of time (rare) Deuteronomy 29:21; Ecclesiastes 10:14; מֵאַחֲרֵי כֵן 2 Samuel 3:28; 2 Samuel 15:1; 2Chronicles 32:23.

b. אֶלאַֿחֲרֵי 2 Samuel 5:23; 2 Kings 9:18 סֹב אֶלאַֿחֲרַי 2 Kings 9:19; Zechariah 6:6.

c. עַלאַֿחֲרֵי Ezekiel 41:15 beside, at the back of.

אַחֲרַי adjective Proverbs 28:23 (si vera lectio)

אָדָם אַחֲרַי a man that turneth backwards (compare Jeremiah 7:24) so JosKi De Ol^{p. 429} (doubtfully) Now Sta^{§ 301 b}: according to Ew^{§ 220 a} Hi an abnormal adverb = afterwards, Lag^Pr conjectures בְּאָרְחוֺ compare ᵐ5 ὁδούς.

(ו)ייחר Kt 2 Samuel 20:5 (Qr וַיּ֫וֺחֶר) see אחר above and Dr^sm.

יחשׂ (√ of following; meaning unknown; derivatives common in Late Hebrew and Aramaic)