אַחֵר

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) 1 Mos 4,25 זֶרַע אַחֵר another seed 1 Mos 8,10 שִׁבְעַת יָמִים אֲחֵרִים seven other days 2 Mos 22,4 בִּשְׂדֵה אַחֵר in the field of another + often; אִישׁ אַחֵר another man (husband) 1 Mos 29,19; 5 Mos 24,2; Jer 3,1 חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kong 7,8 the other court, see חָצֵר; ׳הַחוֺמָה א 2 Kron 32,5 the other wall, see חוֺמָה. Appended to a proper name for distinction Ezr 2,31= Neh 7,34 (see vNeh 7,7 = Nehemiah vNeh 7,12) Neh 7,33 (probably here text error, see Be Ry¹⁸: not in Ezr 2,29). Often with the collateral sense of different, as ׳בְּגָדִים א other garments 3 Mos 6,4; 1 Sam 28,8; Ezk 42,14; Ezk 44,19 עָפָר, אֲבָנִים 3 Mos 14,42 רוּחַ 4 Mos 14,24 ׳וְנֶהְפַּכְתָּ֫ לְאִישׁ אַ 1 Sam 10,6 לֵב v1 Sam 10,9; Ezk 11,19 (ᵐ5 Hi Sm); שֵׁם Es 65,15 (compare Es 62,2 חָדָשׁ); with that of strange, alien, as ׳אִישׁ אַ 5 Mos 20,5; 5 Mos 20,6; 5 Mos 20,7; 5 Mos 28,30 ( so אַחֵר, אֲחֵרִים alone Sl 109,8; Job 31,8; Job 31,10; Es 65,22; Jer 6,12; Jer 8,10 and elsewhere); עַם 5 Mos 28,32 אֶרֶץ 5 Mos 29,27; Jer 22,26 אִשָּׁה Dom 11,2 לָשׁוֺן Es 28,11 (|| בְּלַעֲגֵי שָׂפָה); especially in the phrase אֱלהִים אֲחֵרִים other gods (63 t.) 2 Mos 20,3 (= 5 Mos 5,7) 5 Mos 23,13 (both J E) Jos 24,2; Jos 24,16 (E) 1 Sam 26,19; Hos 3,1, & particularly in Deuteronomy (Hos 6,14; Hos 8,19 + 15 t.) & Deuteronomic writers, as Jos 23,16; Dom 2,12; Dom 2,17; Dom 2,19 Jeremiah (18 t.) & compiler of Kings; אֵל אַחֵר once 2 Mos 34,14 (JE). So אַחֵר alone Es 42,8; Sl 16,4. Of time, following, next (rare) ׳בַּשָּׁנָה הָאַ 1 Mos 17,21 (P) in the next year; 2 Kong 6,29 ׳בַּיּוֺם הָאַ; ׳דּוֺר אַ Joel 1,3; Sl 109,13 in poetry the next generation (Dom 2,10 in prose = another generation).