Lexical Definition

‎אָחַר‎ ʼâchar (aw-khar') to delay ^H:V
a primitive root

continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).

• to loiter (i.e. be behind)
• by implication to procrastinate

1) to delay, hesitate, tarry, defer, remain behind
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to delay, tarry (intensive)
1a2) to cause one to delay, hinder, keep back
1b) (Piel) to delay, wait, stay behind (but not in hope)

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Extended Information

• Also means: ya.char (‎י‎ָ‎ח‎ַ‎ר‎ "to delay" יָחַר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָחַר‎ verb to remain behind, delay, tarry (Arabic to put off, also to remain behind; Aramaic Pa`el ‎אֵחַר‎, Aph`el , Shaph`el , Sabean ‎אחֿר‎ Osiander<sup>ZMG 1865, 197</sup>; ‎אחֿחֿר‎ DHM<sup>Epigr. Denkm. 34</sup>). Qal once only Gen 32:5* ‎וָאֵחַר‎ (contracted from ‎וָאֶאֱחַר‎ compare ‎אֵהָ֑ב‎ Prov 8:17) and I have tarried until now. Pi`el Perfect ‎אֵחַר‎ Gen 34:19 ‎אֶחֱרוּ‎ Judg 5:28 Imperfect ‎יְאַחֵר‎, ‎תְּאַחֵר‎ (3 t. ‎תְּאַחַ֑ר‎) etc. Gen 24:56 + 9 t.; Participle (‎רֵֿי‎) ‎מְאַהֲרִים‎ 3 t.

1. intensive, delay, tarry, absolute Judg 5:28 (|| ‎בּשֵׁשׁ לָבוֺא‎) Isa 46:13 and my salvation ‎לֹא תְאַחֵר‎ Hab 2:3; Ps 40:18* = Ps 70:6*; Dan 9:19 with ‎ל‎ & infinitive Gen 34:19. — Prov 23:30 ‎מְאַחֲרִים עַלהַֿיָּיִ֑ן‎ those tarrying over the wine, Isa 5:11 ‎מְאַחֲרֵי בַנֶּשֶׁף‎, Ps 127:2 ‎מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת‎ (|| ‎מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם‎).

2. causative of Qal, cause one to delay, hinder Gen 24:56 keep back (= bring late) Exod 22:28* with ‎ל‎ & infinitive delay to . . . Deut 23:22* quoted Eccl 5:3*: elliptical Deut 7:10 he delayeth (it, the recompense) not to his enemy. — 2Sam 20:5 Qr ‎וַיּ֫וֺחֶר‎ is taken by Ol^{§ 241 c as Qal} (compare ‎וַתֹּ֫חֶז‎ v2Sam 20:9 from ‎אָחַז‎), by Sta^{§ 498 c} Kö^{1. 397} Ges^{«GKC:68»§ 68} 2 Rem as Hiph`il (literally shewed, exhibited delay): on the Kt (?‎וַיֵּיחַר‎) see Dr^Sm.

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