אָחַר ʼâchar — to loiter (i.e. be behind)
Translated in the KJV as continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late, stay, tarry.
a primitive root; to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate.
ʼâchar in each stem
Pi'el
Jussive 5Imperfect (yiqtol) 5Participle (active) 3Perfect (qatal) 2
And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the Lord hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master.
And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob’s daughter: and he was more honourable than all the house of his father.
Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.
Qal (Pa'al)
Wayyiqtol 1
And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.
Hiph'il
Wayyiqtol 1
So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›