אַחֲרוֺן51 feminine אַחֲרוֺנָה plural אַחֲרֹנִים (also אַחֲרוֺנִים adjective from אַחַר, coming after or behind (as a comparative or superlative, according to the context); hence
\ \ a. of place, behind, hindermost [Gen 33:2] (twice in verse); הָאַחֲרוֺן הַיָּם the hinder (= the Western) sea (i.e. the Mediterranean: opposed to הַיָּם הַקַּדְמוֺנִי the front sea = the Dead Sea, the Semites, in defining the quarters of the heavens, turning naturally to the East, compare קֶדֶם of the East, יָמִין, תֵּימָן of the South, above under the word אָחוֺר
\ \ d. and Assyrian mat a—arru 'the Western land,' of Phoenicia & Palestine) [Deut 11:24]; [Deut 34:2]; [Joel 2:20]; [Zech 14:8]; [Job 18:20] poetic אַחֲרֹנִים Ew Hi Di De the dwellers in the West (opposed to קַדְמוֺנִים). More commonly
\ \ b. of time, latter or last (according to context) [Exod 4:8]; [Deut 24:3]; [2Sam 19:12]; [Isa 8:23], of God [Isa 44:6] (|| רִאשׁוֺן) [Isa 48:12] (do.) compare [Isa 41:4] in genl. subsequent (vaguely), ׳יוֺם א = time to come [Isa 30:8]; [Prov 31:25] (but [Neh 8:18] הַיוֺם ׳הָאַ = the last day), ׳(הָ)אַ (הַ)דּוֺר the following generation [Deut 29:21]; [Ps 48:14]; [Ps 78:4]; [Ps 78:6]; [Ps 102:19], (הָ)אַחֲרֹנִים they that come after [Job 18:20] (Ges Schl) [Eccl 1:11]; [Eccl 4:16], but [Isa 41:4] the last, [Job 19:25] וְאַחֲרוֺן עַלעָֿפָר יָקוּם and as one coming after (me) (and so able to establish my innocence when I am dead) will he (גָֹּֽאֲלִי my Vindicator) arise upon the dust. — The feminine is used adverbially (compare רִאשֹׁנָה) = afterwards or at the last (according to context):
\ \ \ (a) absolute [Dan 11:29] (β) בָּאַחֲרוֺנָה (opposed to בָּרִאשֹׁנָה) [Deut 13:10]; [Deut 17:7]; [Deut 1:2]; [Deut 2:26]; [Deut 1:13]; (γ) ׳לָאַ [Num 2:31] (P) [Eccl 1:11].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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