אָחוֹר
ʾāḥôr

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning west
Literal translation back side
Variants
אָחוֹר ʾāḥôr
Edited by
west cardinal direction

הֵ֤ן קֶ֣דֶם אֶהֱלֹ֣ךְ וְאֵינֶ֑נּוּ וְ֝אָח֗וֹר וְֽלֹא־אָבִ֥ין לֽוֹ׃ שְׂמֹ֣אול בַּעֲשֹׂת֣וֹ וְלֹא־אָ֑חַז יַעְטֹ֥ף יָ֝מִ֗ין וְלֹ֣א אֶרְאֶֽה׃

hēn qed̲em ʾehĕlōk̲ wəʾênennû wəʾāḥôr wəlōʾ-ʾāb̲în lô. śəmōʾwl baʿăśōt̲ô wəlōʾ-ʾāḥaz yaʿṭōp̲ yāmîn wəlōʾ ʾerʾeh.

‘But if I go East—He is not there; West—I still do not perceive Him; North—since He is concealed, I do not behold Him; South—He is hidden, and I cannot see Him.’

— Job 23 8-9

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אָחוֹר (Lemma #2558). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2558/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אָחוֹר (Lemma #2558). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2558/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). אָחוֹר (Lemma #2558). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2558/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) אָחוֹר (Lemma #2558), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2558/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2558,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {אָחוֹר ({Lemma} #2558)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2558/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2558/},
}