- אָחֹור
- אָחֹורm. (b. h.; v. חור a. חרר) 1) back, hind-part, buttock. Bekh.8a; Gen. R. s. 20, beg.Du. אֲחֹורַיִים (Ar. אחורים). Pes.17b, a. fr. א׳ ותוך the back (outside) and the inside of a vessel.Y.Yoma V, 42c top אֲחֹורָיו לקדש his back turned to the sanctuary.Y.Pes.VI, 33a bot., a. fr. מֵאֲחֹורֵי (prepos.) behind.אֲחֹורֵי, לַאֲחֹורֵי same. Ber.61a; a. fr. 2) last. Ib. (ref. to Ps. 139:5) א׳ למעשהוכ׳ the last of all things created; Lev. R. s. 14 א׳ לכל המעשים. 3) farthest back, earliest. Ib. א׳ זה יום ראשון aḥor (Ps. l. c.) means the first day.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.