a.char marks a following time, person, movement, or position in the Bible.

As a grammatical relational word, it marks what follows: an event after another event, a successor after a person, movement in pursuit or allegiance, and a position behind something.

1. Marks what follows in sequence or relation · dominant

   The supplied forms are chiefly tagged Preposition and relate a following item to a prior one: in 1 Kings 19:11 the APB renders the sequence "after the wind there is an earthquake," while in 1 Kings 1:20 it describes who will sit on the throne after the king. The same relation occurs with pursuit and following in 1 Chronicles 10:2 and 1 Kings 18:21, and with position in 1 Kings 10:19; a few supplied forms are tagged Adverb in event-sequencing clauses such as 1 Chronicles 20:4.

   1 Kings 19:111 Kings 1:201 Chronicles 10:21 Kings 18:211 Kings 10:191 Chronicles 20:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relation with "after" or "afterward," and also uses phrases such as "followed," "behind," and "went up after." These renderings show the clauses' relational framing rather than a fixed English equivalent.