I. אַחֵר adjective another (properly one coming behind), feminine אַחֶ֫רֶת (with daghesh forte implicit); plural אֲחֵרִים (as if from singular אָחֵר), once Job 31:10 אֲחֵרִין, אֲחֵרוֺת (= Arabic , Sabean אאחֿר, Assyrian a—ru future feminine plural as substantive a—rat ûmê future of days) Genesis 4:25 זֶרַע אַחֵר another seed Genesis 8:10 שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים seven other days Exodus 22:4 בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר in the field of another + often; אִישׁ אַחֵר another man (husband) Genesis 29:19; Deuteronomy 24:2; Jeremiah 3:1; חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, see חָצֵר; ׳הַחוֺמָה א2Chronicles 32:5 the other wall, see חוֺמָה. Appended to a proper name for distinction Ezra 2:31= Nehemiah 7:34 (see Nehemiah 7:7 = Nehemiah Nehemiah 7:12) Nehemiah 7:33 (probably here text error, see Be Ry¹⁸: not in Ezra 2:29). Often with the collateral sense of different, as ׳בְּגָדִים א other garments Leviticus 6:4; 1 Samuel 28:8; Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:19; עָפָר, אֲבָנִים Leviticus 14:42; רוּחַ Numbers 14:24; ׳וְנֶהְמַּכְתָּ֫ לְאִישׁ אַ 1 Samuel 10:6; לֵב 1 Samuel 10:9; Ezekiel 11:19 (ᵐ5 Hi Sm); שֵׁם Isaiah 65:15 (compare Isaiah 62:2 חָדָשׁ); with that of strange, alien, as ׳אִישׁ אַ Deuteronomy 20:5,6,7; Deuteronomy 28:30 ( so אַחֵר, אֲחֵרִים alone Psalm 109:8; Job 31:8,10; Isaiah 65:22; Jeremiah 6:12; Jeremiah 8:10 and elsewhere); עַם Deuteronomy 28:32; אֶרֶץ Deuteronomy 29:27; Jeremiah 22:26; אִשָּׁה Judges 11:2; לָשׁוֺן Isaiah 28:11 ("" בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה); especially in the phrase אֱלהִים אֲחֵרִים other gods (63 t.) Exodus 20:3 (= Deuteronomy 5:7) Deuteronomy 23:13 (both J E) Joshua 24:2,16 (E) 1 Samuel 26:19; Hosea 3:1, & particularly in Deuteronomy (Hosea 6:14; Deuteronomy 8:19 15t.) & Deuteronomic writers, as Joshua 23:16; Judges 2:12,17,19 Jeremiah (18 t.) & compiler of Kings; אֵל אַחֵר once Exodus 34:14 (JE). So אַחֵר alone Isaiah 42:8; Psalm 16:4. Of time, following, next (rare) ׳בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַ Genesis 17:21 (P) in the next year; 2 Kings 6:29 ׳בַּיּוֺם הָאַ; ׳דּוֺר אַ Joel 1:3; Psalm 109:13 in poetry the next Generation (Judges 2:10 in prose = another Generation).