end
a.cha.rit denotes an eventual endpoint, whether a person's outcome, a process's conclusion, or a later period of days.
The term most often marks the eventual outcome or fate of a person, people, action, or condition. It also identifies a later period described as “the latter days” and the closing point of a named span such as a year, kingdom, or spoken matter.
Senses in use
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Eventual outcome or fate · dominant
Construct singular forms mark the result that lies ahead for a person, people, or course of action. In Proverbs 14:12 the APB renders a way that seems upright as having an outcome in “the ways of death”; in Deuteronomy 32:29 the people are urged to perceive their outcome, and in Job 8:7 the closing condition is said to flourish greatly.
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Later days as a future period · common
In construct phrases concerning days, the term locates events in a later time. Genesis 49:1 introduces what will meet Jacob's sons in that period; Isaiah 2:2 and Hosea 3:5 describe events the APB places in “the latter days,” while Daniel 10:14 concerns what will happen to Daniel's people then.
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Closing point of a stated span or sequence · occasional
The term can designate the finishing point of a bounded sequence or matter. Deuteronomy 11:12 sets it opposite the beginning of the year; Ecclesiastes 10:13 contrasts the beginning of a person's words with their closing point, and Daniel 8:23 places a king's rise at the close of a kingdom.
In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB commonly presents the term with “end,” while temporal construct phrases are rendered “the latter days” or “the latter part of the years.” Several absolute-form contexts are presented as “future,” but the paraphrase is not word-aligned.