Lexicon
אֲתַר
a.tar
H0870
A:N-M Hebrew

place

8
Occurrences
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Books
Hebrew
Language

a.tar denotes a location or designated site, and in some clauses marks what comes after another person or vision.

The attested use most often concerns a physical location, especially the designated site of God’s house or the place assigned to returned vessels. In Daniel, the same lemma also occurs in clauses of succession, describing what comes after a king or after a preceding vision.

Senses in use

  1. A physical location or designated site · dominant

    The noun occurs for a place that is absent after the image is carried away in Daniel 2:35. In Ezra 5:15, Ezra 6:3, Ezra 6:5, and Ezra 6:7, the APB renders clauses about depositing vessels, building God’s house, or offering sacrifices at a specified site; the Ezra forms are tagged as singular nouns, chiefly construct.

  2. What follows in sequence · common

    In Daniel 2:39, the construct-form noun stands in the clause the APB renders “After you there will arise another kingdom.” In Daniel 7:6 and Daniel 7:7, forms tagged as prepositions introduce the successive visions that the APB renders “After this.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the location use with “place,” “site,” and “each to its place,” while Daniel 2:39, Daniel 7:6, and Daniel 7:7 are rendered with “After.” These renderings show the clauses’ presentation rather than fixed English equivalents.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture