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Nehemiah 3:30

“After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אַחַרʼachar · akh-ar'
H310 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Derivation: from H309 (אָחַר);
KJV renderings: after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
Grammar: אחר — preposition
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HR/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 718 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 5:4 Genesis 5:7 Genesis 5:10 Genesis 5:13 Genesis 5:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אַחַר here.

Verse 29 Verse 31

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.