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עֵת

«עֵת» in the Tanakh dictionary: time — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 296 times · Key: 6256 · BDB: עֵת

Glosses

time (141); a.time (61); the.time (44)

Meaning (OSHB)

time tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. time tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.f. Am 5:13 and (seldom, mostly late) m. Ezr 10:14 time (NH id.; Ph. עת; Assyrian inu, ittu, time; Talm עַנְתָּא; clearly from a √ ענה, but doubtful whether I. ע׳);—abs. ע׳ Ho 10:12 +, cstr. ע׳ Gn 24:12 +, עֶת־ Lv 15:25 + 5 times; sf. עִתּוֹ Ho 2:11 +, etc.; pl., late, עִתִּים 1 Ch 12:32 +, sf. עִתֶּיךָ Is 33:6; עִתּוֹת ψ 9:10; 10:1, sf. עִתֹּתָ֑י 31:16;—ע׳ only twice P, once H;— time of an event, etc.: usually (213 times) c. prep.: c. בְּ (142 times), especially בָּע׳ הַהִוא Gn 21:22 (E) in that time, 38:1 (J), Nu 22:4 (E), Dt 1:9 + 14 times Dt; בָּע׳ הַהִיא Jos 5:2; Am 5:13; Dn 12:1(×2) + (69 times, not in P); בָּע׳ הַזֹּאת Est 4:14, בָּעִתִּים הָהֵם 2 Ch 15:5; Dn 11:14; בְּכָל־עֵת at all times Ex 18:22, 26 (E), Lv 16:2 (P) ψ 34:2 +; = continually Pr 8:30, בְּכָל־עֵת אֲשֶׁר Est 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; c. לְ (31 times; cf. ל 6, p. 516 supr.), 2 S 11:1 + at the time, but Ez 12:27 for distant times, cf. לְעֵת כָּזֹאת Est 4:14, etc.; c. כְּ (21 times; cf. ב 1 a, p. 453 supr.), †מָחָר כָּע׳ הַזֹּאת Jos 11:6 (JE) tomorrow about this time, usually כָּע׳ מָחָר (KöSynt. 401 o) Ex 9:18 (J), 1 S 9:16 (cf. Dr), 20:12; 1 K 19:2; 20:6; 2 K 7:1, 18; 10:6 †; כָּעֵת חַיָּה v. p. 312; †כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֹן Is 8:23 at the former time; כָּעֵת alone Nu 23:23 (JE) at this time = now (prob., cf. Di), Ju 13:23; 21:22, etc.; c. מִן (8 times;), מִן הָעֵת הַהִא Ne 13:21, etc.; c. עַד (12 times), עַד־הָע׳ הַהִיא Ne 6:1 up to that time, מֵעֵת עַד־עֵת Ez 4:10, 11, etc. (5 times Dn); c. אֶל־, מֵעֵת אֶל־עֵת 1 Ch 9:25. often cstr. defined by n.foll.: בְּעֵת צָהֳרָ֑יִם Je 20:16, לְעֵת (הָ)עֶרֶב 2 S 11:12; Gn 8:11; 24:11 (both J), Is 17:14; Zc 14:7, עַד־עֵת הָעָ֑רֶב Jos 8:29 (JE), כְּעֵת מִנְחַת עֶרֶב Dn 9:21, redundantly לְעֶת־יוֹם בְּיוֹם 1 Ch 12:23, ע׳ (ה)קָצִיר Je 50:16; 51:33, ע׳ הַזָּמִיר Ct 2:12, ע׳ זִקְנָה 1 K 11:4; 15:23 ψ 71:9, בְּע׳ אַפְּךָ Je 18:23 = לְע׳ פָּנֶיךָ ψ 21:10 (of anger), לְעִתּוֹת בַּצָּרָה 9:10; 10:1 at times of destitution (v. בַּצָּרָה), etc. sq.inf. לְע׳ בּוֹא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ Jos 10:27 (JE), 2 Ch 18:34, בְּע׳ קָרְאָם Je 11:14a (read בְּעֵת also v b, Gie), etc. sq. cl. c. vb. fin. (poet. or late) Dt 32:35; Jb 6:17; 2 Ch 20:22; 24:11; 29:27 + (cf. 2 c). = usual time: לְע׳ צֵאת 2 S 11:1 at the time of kings’ going forth = 1 Ch 20:1; בְּעֵת יַחֵם Gn 31:10; עֵת לֶדֶת Jb 39:1, 2. proper, suitable time: rain בְּעִתּוֹ Dt 11:14; Je 5:24 +, cf. Lv 26:4 (H), also ψ 1:3; 104:27; 145:15; Pr 15:23; Is 60:22; Ec 3:11; עֵת מִלְחָמָה v 8, ע׳ שָׁלוֹם v 8; sq.inf. Ho 10:12, הַעֵת לָקַחַת 2 K 5:26 is it a time to take money? Hg 1:4, לְהִבָּנוֹת עֶת־בֵּית י׳ v 2 (v a read עַתָּ בָּא Hi We Now al.); עֵת לַעֲשׂוֹת ψ 119:126, cf. Ec 3:2–8 (26 times); abs. כִּי עֵת Ho 13:13 (Hi We al.; GuKau gives עַתָּ; > Now כָּעֵת); abs. c. neg. Jb 22:16; Ec 7:17; hence (late) יוֹדְעֵי בִינָה לָעִתִּים 1 Ch 12:32, יֹדְעֵי הָעִתִּים Est 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc. appointed time, בְּעֵת תֵּת וגו׳ 1 S 18:19 at the appointed time of giving, Ez 7:7, 12 Is 13:22, ע׳ פְּקֻדָּתָם Je 8:12; 10:15 = 51:18, 46:21; 50:27 cf. (c.vb. fin.) 6:15; 49:8; 50:31, ע׳ אַרְצוֹ Je 27:7, ע׳ גּוֹיִם Ez 30:3, מְזֻמָּנִים לְעִתִּים Ezr 10:14 Ne 10:35 cf. 13:31; עַד־ע׳ מוֹעֵד 2 S 24:15, ψ 102:14 (‖ מוֹעֵד), etc.; cf. עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט Ec 8:5, 6 (for time of judgment), עִתּוֹ 9:12; especially לְעֵת קֵץ Dn 8:7 cf. 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, בְּע׳ עֲוֹן קֵץ Ez 21:30, 34 cf. 35:5; לְקֵץ הָעִתּים Dn 11:13. as uncertain עֵת וָפֶגַע Ec 9:11. = experiences, fortunes, pl. אֱמוּנַת עִתֶּיךָ Is 33:6, ψ 31:16; הָעִתִּים אֲשֶׁר עָֽבְרוּ עָלָיו 1 Ch 29:30. occurrence, occasion (= פַּעַם), רַבּוֹת עִתִּים Ne 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 123 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עֵת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 39:2

תִּסְפֹּ֣ר יְרָחִ֣ים תְּמַלֶּ֑אנָה וְ֝יָדַ֗עְתָּ עֵ֣ת לִדְתָּֽנָה׃

Word for word: will.you.count? [the].months [which].they.complete and do.you.know? the.time of their.bringing.forth

JPS 1917: Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Psalms 106:3

אַ֭שְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵ֣י מִשְׁפָּ֑ט עֹשֵׂ֖ה צְדָקָ֣ה בְכָל־עֵֽת׃

Word for word: how.blessed! [are.those.who].keep (of).justice [one.who].does (of).righteousness at every time

JPS 1917: Happy are they that keep justice, that do righteousness at all times.

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