דבר אחר

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Noun

דָּבָר אַחֵר • (davár akhér) m (plural indefinite דְּבָרִים אֲחֵרִים, no construct forms)

  1. (literally, countable) Something else; another thing.
  2. (idiomatic, singular only, archaic) Introduces an explanation alternative to one offered already.
    • a. 217 C.E., Mishnah. Makkot, section 1.9:
      דָּבָר אַחֵר, עַל פִּי שְׁנַיִם עֵדִים, שֶׁלֹּא תְהֵא סַנְהֶדְרִין שׁוֹמַעַת מִפִּי הַתֻּרְגְּמָן:
      davár akhér, al pi shnáyim edím, sheló t'hé sanhedrín shomá'at mipí haturg'mán:
      An alternate interpretation: "By the mouth of two witnesses," [meaning] the court should not hear testimony from the mouth of a translator.
  3. (idiomatic, euphemistic, archaic) Used to refer to any object or state to which the speaker does not wish to refer by name.
  4. (euphemistic) pork
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