Aramaic word · H321

אׇחֳרָן

'ochoran

another

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears 5 times in 5 verses of the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

other, another

Aramaic of a.cher (אַחֵר "another" H0312)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 5
  1. Daniel 2:11 וְאָחֳרָן֙ and [is] another

    What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”

    Here: "And another," in the singular, placed first for emphasis: no other party exists who could do this. It means "anyone else," with the only exception named a few words later.

  2. Daniel 2:44 אָחֳרָ֖ן another

    In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.

    Here: "Another." It is singular: no further nation will take this kingship over.

  3. Daniel 3:29 אָחֳרָ֔ן another

    Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”

    Here: 'Other'. The point is comparison: no other god matches this one in this ability.

  4. Daniel 5:17 לְאָחֳרָ֣ן to another

    In response, Daniel said to the king, “You may keep your gifts for yourself and give your rewards to someone else. Nevertheless, I will read the inscription for the king and interpret it for him.

  5. Daniel 7:24 וְאָחֳרָ֞ן and another

    And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.

    Here: 'Another (one)'. The same word introduces each new beast (7:5, 7:6) and the little horn itself (7:8, 'another horn, a little one'). Here it is masculine and means another king.

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