אֲחֹרַנִּית

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H322

backwards — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

backwards tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אֲחֹרַנִּית: adv. backwards tree →

The whole BDB entry

adv. (proposes an adj. fem., cf. קְדֹרַנִּית Sta§ 367) backwards (= poet. אָחוֹר) Gn 9:23(×2) 1 S 4:18 1 K 18:37 2 K 20:10, 11 Is 38:8.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: backwards (6); [were] backwards (1).

In the verses

2 Kings 20:10 · tree →

וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ יְחִזְקִיָּ֔הוּ נָקֵ֣ל לַצֵּ֔ל לִנְט֖וֹת עֶ֣שֶׂר מַעֲל֑וֹת לֹ֣א כִ֔י יָשׁ֥וּב הַצֵּ֛ל אֲחֹרַנִּ֖ית עֶ֥שֶׂר מַעֲלֽוֹת׃

Word for word: and he.said Hezekiah it.is.trifling to the shadow to stretch.out ten steps no (dm) let.it.go.back the shadow backwards ten steps

JPS 1917: And Hezekiah answered: 'It is a light thing for the shadow to decline ten degrees; nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.'

1 Kings 18:37 · tree →

עֲנֵ֤נִי יְהוָה֙ עֲנֵ֔נִי וְיֵֽדְעוּ֙ הָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־אַתָּ֥ה יְהוָ֖ה הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְאַתָּ֛ה הֲסִבֹּ֥תָ אֶת־לִבָּ֖ם אֲחֹרַנִּֽית׃

Word for word: answer me O.Yahweh answer me so that.they.may.know the people (the) this (dm).that you O.Yahweh [are].(the) God and you you.have.turned.around (et) heart their backwards

JPS 1917: Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that Thou, LORD, art God, for Thou didst turn their heart backward.'

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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