אחר (b. h.; v. foreg.), pl. constr. אחרי after, behind.
Gen. R. s. 44 wherever the Bible uses the preposition
ahare סמוך, it means in connection with, מופלג אחר while
ahar means without connection (later on). Yoma 6a
א׳ אחר after 'after', i. e. some time after the act, opp.
אחר חד one'after', iiimmediately, v. אותיוס. - לאחריו, לאחריה,
מאחריו, מאחריה after it, as concluding, opp. לפניה, לפניו
introductory (prayer). -- Ber. I, 4 לא׳ אחת one benediction
after the Sh'ma. Ib. III, 4 לאחריו (prayer) after meal;
a. fr. - יד כלאחר as if doing a thing with the back of
the hand, i. e. in a manner different from the usual way
of doing it. Sabb. 153b; a. fr. -- מאחרר 1) (conj. followed
by שי or די) after, since, whereas, because. Hull. 29a
ששנינו מא׳ after it has once been stated in the Mishnah
.. . . wwhy was it necessary() &c. Ib.b וכ׳ דאפי׳ ומאחר and
since it is not even rabbinically unfit, why &c.; a. fr. --
2) a legal term, meahar, the presumption of the truth
of one's statemment, because he might have pleaded more
profitably, if he had been inclined to lie. Y. Shebu. VI,
36d bot. וכ׳ מאחר מא׳ בממון אומרים אין in money matters
we do not apply the principle of meaher, so as to say
that because he might have said 'thou hast not lent
me anythinf, he may say, thou didst lend me, but I
paid half of it' (and his plea must be accepted without
an oath); v. מיגו s. v. גו. - אחריך thy successor. Y. Kil.
IX, 32c top וכ׳ א׳ בני יהודהmy son Judah shall succeed thee,
none else (is worthy). Keth. 95b my property I bequeath
to thee לפ׳ ואחרייך and after thee it shall go over to . . .
-כך־ אחר (abbrev. אח״כ) afterwards, subsequently. Pes.
X, 2; a. v. fr.
אחר m. (b. h.; v. foreg. a. חורי) [back of,] another, the other, stranger. א׳ דבר (abbr. ד״א) 1) another thing, another explanation. Snh. IV, 5; a. v. fr. in Midr. -- 2) euphem. for idolatry, swine &c., v. דבר. 3) Aher, [apostate,] byname of Elisha ben Abuyah. Hag. 14b; a. e. . Pl. אחרים others; 1) freq. in Mishn. for anonymous authorities differingiin opinion, אומרים א׳, v. Hor. 13b אסיקו א׳ מאיר לר׳ R. Mer is quoted under the word aherim. --- 2) freq. for strangers, gentiles. Snh. 52b א׳ אשת the wife of a non lsraelite. B. Mets. 111b; a. fr. -- Fem. אחרת. Yoma I, 1 א׳ אשה a second (additional) wife; a. fr. -- Snh. 104a א׳ ועוד זאת this and something besides (shall happen).
אחרא, אחרא v. אחורא.
אחראי, אחריי m. (foreg. wds.) prop. designated to step behind, substitute; hence, he who (or that which) is gone back to, obligated, pleddged; suretty, guarantor. --- Pl. אחראים, אחריין. Dem. III, 5 וכ׳ א׳ אנו אין we aru not responsible for deceivers. Pes. IX, 9 לזה זה אחראין אינן they are not responsible to oneanother (naed not care for each other). Y. Keth. VIII, end, 32b, a. fr. א׳ נכסיו כל all his landed property is pledged for &c.
אחרון m., אחרונה f. (אחרונית f. noun) other, next, last. Meg. 21b; a. fr. א׳ the last of those called up to read from the Torah. - Pl. אחרונים m., אחרונות f -- א׳ מים the washing of hands after meals before grace, Opp. ראשונים מים washihg before meals. Ber. 53b; a. fr. -- א׳ דורות or only אחרונים the latter (present) generation, opp. ראשונים ancients. Yoma 9b; a. fr. - Ber. 13a צרות וכ׳ א׳ the latter (present) troubles bring the former into oblivion. -- א׳ (ברכות) the three last sections in the Prayer ofBenedictions. Ibid. 34a; a. fr. - Erub. 53b אתרונית second wife; v. אהרונית. -- באחרונה (adv.) last. B. Kam. 8a; a. e.
אחרי v. אחורי.
אחריות f. (v. אחראי) surety, esp. mortgaged prop- erty, or property which may be resorted to in case of non-payment (even if sold). -- א׳ להן שיש נכסים property from which debts may eventually be collected (landed property), א׳ להם שאין נ׳ property which cannot be re- sorted to (movable property). Kid. I, 5; a. fr. -- B. Mets. III, 11 באחריותן חייב is responsible for them (if lost). Men. 109a; a. fr. נכסים־ א׳ an obligation for which pro- perty is pledged. Keth. 34b; a. fr. --Ib. 51b, a. e. documents נ׳ א׳ בהן שאין in which the clause pledging property is omitted. Ib.a; a. e. הוא סופר טעות א׳ the omission of the clause pledging property is considered as the scribe's mistake (hence has no legal consequences). B. Mets. 14a, a. e. בא׳ . . . שמכר ראובן if R. sold to S. a field with surety (guaranteeing the title).
אחריותא f. (=h. אחרית) future. Targ. Y. II Deut. xxxtt, 29; a. e.
אחריי v. אחראי.
אחרייא m. another, the other, later, last. Y. Pes. I, end, b ׳y יושוע ר׳ the other (ast named) R. Josh. -- Y. Ber. II, 5b top א׳ פירקא last chapter. -- Pl. אחריין. Y. Ter. VIII, 45d bot. ומיתון א׳ those (drinking) later, drank and died. - אחרייא. Y. Meg. III, 74b bot. תומנתי א׳ פסוקייא the last eight verses. - Fem. אחריתא, אחרייתא. Y. Taan. lI, beg. 63c. Y. Shebu. III, 34d בא׳ in the last one. --Targ.. Prov. V, 2o אחריתא stranger. - Ib. XXV, 8, a. fr. בא׳ at ast, in tthe end. -- Pl. אחרייתא. Ib. XXIV, 14 Ms. (ed. sing.).
אחרינא m. another. Hull. 12a א׳ אינש another man. Bets. 2aa מידא׳ something different. -- א׳ לישנא (abbr. ל״א) another.version. Pes. 97b, a. fr. -- Pl. אחריני. Yeb. 45a; a. fr. Cmp. אתרן.
אחרית f. (b. h.) future, end. Y. Meg. III, 74a bot.
אחריתא v. אחרייתא s. v. אחרייא.
אחריתי ch.h. אחרת another, something besides. Erub. 28a א׳ מילתא another subject. Pes. 50a; a. fr.
אחרן, אוחרן, אוחרנא m. ch. =h. אחרון. Targ. ms. k, a; a. rr. - rem. אוחרנסא, אותרנית, אחיניתא. Targ. O. ib. XXI, 10 (another, additional wife). Ibid., Gen. XVII, 21. - Lam. R. to IV, 2. -- B. Bath. 16a אחרניתא a stranger (not his own wife). -- Pl. אוחרנין, אוחרניין. Targ. O. Gen. XLl, 3; a. e. אחרנייאתא. Cant. R. to IV, 12. -- [Targ. Y. Gen. XXXV, 8 בכיותא אותרן a repet- ition of weeping, v. אלוןI.] 6
