The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon

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אֲחוֹר‏ n.m. back part

pl. tant. : back part JLAtg, Gal, LJLA. TgJ Ez8:16 : אֲחוֹרֵיהוֹן לְהֵיכְלָא דַיוי וְאַפֵיהוֹן לְמַדנְחָא‏ with their backs toward the Lord's sanctuary and their faces toward the East †. TgIIChron 4:4 : וכל אחוריהון לגיו‏ [=MT וְכָל־אֲחֹרֵיהֶם בָּיְתָה]. buttocks LJLA. TgPs78:66 : ומחא מעיקוי בטחוריא באחוריהון‏ he struck his oppressors with hemorrhoids on their buttocks.

as adv. : backwards LJLA. TgLam2:3 : אתיב אחור ימיניה ולא סייע לעמיה‏ He turned back His right hand and did not help His people.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 46a; Jastrow: 39; Levy Ch-W: 1:21;

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Derivatives:

lˀḥwr adv. back

lˀḥwry prep. behind

lˀḥwrˀ, lˀḥwry adv. back, backward

lˀḥwrn adv. backward