אָחוֹר

אָחוֺר₄₁ substantive (Arabic ) the hinder side, back part, in the singular, mostly in adverbial phrases: —
\ \ a. as accusative, in poetry backwards 23 t. ( = prose אֲחֹרַנִּית) with verbs such as נָפַל fall 1 Mos 49,17, נָשׂוֺג be turned 2 Sam 1,22 (|| תָּשׁוּב רֵיקָם), שׁוּב Sl 9,4; Sl 56,10 +, נָסוֺג Sl 35,4; Sl 40,15 + (of enemies repulsed), Sl 44,19; Es 50,5 (from obedience to God), נָזוֺר Es 1,4, הֵשׁיב Es 44,25; Sl 44,11, הִכָּה Sl 78,66 behind (opposed to קֶדֶם) Sl 139,5; Job 23,8 in the phrase פָּנִים וְאָחוֺר in front and behind 1 Kron 19,10 (altered from ׳וּמֵאָ ׳מִפָּ in 2 Samuel see below) 2 Kron 13,14; Ezk 2,10.
\ \ b. בְּאָחוֺר Ord 29,11, וְחָכָם בְּאָחוֺר יְשַׁבְּחֶנָּה Ges Hi but a wise man stilleth it (רוּחַ anger) backwards (that is, when it would break forth), De in the background, that is, of his heart (|| כָּלרֿוּחוֺ יוֺצִיא כְסִיל).
\ \ c. לְאָחוֺר (α) as
\ \ a. Sl 114,3; Sl 114,5; Jer 7,24 (β) of time, hereafter (compare לְפָנִים = before) Es 41,23; Es 42,23.
\ \ d. מֵאָחוֺר behind (מן = on the side of) 2 Sam 10,9 ׳מִפָּנִים וּמֵ in front and behind, Es 9,11 ׳וּפְלִשְׁתִּים מֵאָ and the Philistines behind (= on the West), opposed to אֲרָם מִקֶּדֶם. Plur. construct אֲחֹרֵי hinder part (of the tabernacle) 2 Mos 26,12, (of a man or animal 2 Mos 33,23; 1 Kong 7,25 (= 2 Kron 4,4) Ezk 8,16.