6256. eth
Lexical Summary
eth: time
Original Word: עֵת
Transliteration: eth
Phonetic Spelling: (ayth)
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: time
Meaning: time, now, when
Strong's Concordance
after, always, certain, continually, evening, long, due season, so long as,

From ad; time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc. -- + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.

see HEBREW ad

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H6256. eth

עֵת297 noun feminineAmos 5:13 and (seldom, mostly late) masculineEzra 10:14 time (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician עת‎; Assyrian inu, ittu, time; Talmud עַנְתָּא‎; clearly from a √ ענה‎, but doubtful whether I. ׳ע‎ ); — absolute ׳עHosea 10:12 +, construct ׳עGenesis 24:12 + עֶתֿLeviticus 15:25 + 5t.; suffix עִתּוֺHosea 2:11 +, etc.; plural, late, עִתִּים1 Chronicles 12:32 +, suffix עִתֶּיךָ‎, Isaiah 33:6; עִתּוֺתPsalm 9:10; 10:1, suffix עִתֹּתָ֑י31:16; — ׳ע‎ only twice P, once H; —

1 time of an event, etc.:

a. usually (213 t.) with preposition: with בְּ‎ (142 t.), especially ׳בָּע הַהִואGenesis 21:22 (E) in that time, 38:1 (J), Numbers 22:4 (E), Deuteronomy 1:9 14t. Deuteronomy; ׳בָּע הַהִיאJoshua 5:2; Amos 5:13; Daniel 12:1 (twice in verse). + (69 t., not in P); ׳בָּע הַזּאֹתEsther 4:14, הָהֵם בָּעִתִּים2 Chronicles 15:5; Daniel 11:14; בְּכָלעֵֿתat all times Exodus 18:22, 26 (E), Leviticus 16:2 (P) Psalm 34:2 +; = continually Proverbs 8:30, אֲשֶׁר בְּכָלעֵֿתEsther 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; with לְ‎ (31 t.; compare ל

6, p. 516 above), 2 Samuel 11:1 + at the time, but Ezekiel 12:27 for distant times, compare כָּזֹאת לְעֵתEsther 4:14, etc.; with כְּ‎ (21 t.; compare כ1a, p. 453 above), כָּע ׳מָחָר הַזּאֹתJoshua 11:6 (JE) tomorrow about this time, usually ׳כָּע מָחָר‎ (KöSynt. 401 o) Exodus 9:18 (J), 1 Samuel 9:16 (compare Dr), 20:12; 1 Kings 19:2; 20:6; 2 Kings 7:1, 18; 10:6 ; חַיָה כָּעֵת‎; הָרִאשׁוֺן כָּעֵת‎ Isaiah 8:23 at the former time; כָּעֵת‎ alone Numbers 23:23 (JE) at this time = now (probably, compare Di), Judges 13:23; 21:22 , etc.; with מִן‎ (8 t.), הַהִא הָעֵת מִןNehemiah 13:21, etc.; with עַד‎ (12 t.), ׳עַדהָֿע הַהִיא6:1 up to that time, עַדעֵֿת מֵעֵתEzekiel 4:10-11, etc. (5 t. Daniel); with אֶלעֵֿת מֵעֵת אלֿ,1 Chronicles 9:25.

b often construct defined by n.following: צָהֳרָ֑יִם בְּעֵתJeremiah 20:16, (הָ)עֶרֶב לְעֵת2 Samuel 11:12; Genesis 8:11; 24:11 (both J), Isaiah 17:14; Zechariah 14:7; הָעָ֑רֶב עַדעֵֿתJoshua 8:29 (JE), עֶרֶב מִנְחַת כְּעֵתDaniel 9:21, redundantly בְּיוֺם לְעֶתיֿוֺם1 Chronicles 12:22, ׳ע (ה)קָצִירJeremiah 50:16; 51:33, ׳ע הַוָּמִירSong of Solomon 2:12, ׳ע וִקְנָה1 Kings 11:4; 15:23; Psalm 71:9, ׳בְּע אַמְּךָJeremiah 18:23 = ׳לְע מָּנְיךָPsalm 21:10 (of anger), בַּצָּרָה לְעִתּוֺת9:10; 10:1 at time destitution (see בַּצָּרָה‎), etc.

c. followed by infinitive ׳לְע הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בּוֺאJoshua 10:27 (JE), 2 Chronicles 18:34, ׳בְּע קָרְאָםJeremiah 11:14a (read בְּעֵת‎ also vb, Gie), etc.

d. followed by clause with finite verb (in poetry or late) Deuteronomy 32:35; Job 6:17; 2 Chronicles 20:22; 24:11; 29:27 + (compare 2c).

2. a. = usual time: ׳לְע צֵאת2 Samuel 11:1 at time of kings' going forth = 1 Chronicles 20:1; יַחֵם בְּעֵתGenesis 31:10; לֶדֶת עֵתJob 39:1-2,.

b. proper, suitable time: rain בְּעִתּוֺDeuteronomy 11:14 Jeremiah 5:24 +, compare Leviticus 26:4 (H), also Psalm 1:3; 104:27; 145:15; Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 60:22; Ecclesiastes 3:11 מִלְחָמָה עֵת3:8; ׳ע שָׁלוֺם3:8; followed by infinitive Hosea 10:12, לָקַחַת הַעֵת2 Kings 5:26 is it a time to take money? Haggai 1:4, ׳י לְהִבָּנוֺת עֶתבֵּֿית1:2 (v:a read בָּא עַתָּ‎ Hi We Now and others); לַעֲשׂוֺת עֵתPsalm 119:126, compare Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 (26 t.); absolute עֵת כִּיHosea 13:13 (Hi We and others; GuKau gives עַתָּ‎; > Now כָּעֵת‎); absolute with negative Job 22:16; Ecclesiastes 7:17; hence (late) לָעִתִּים בִינָה יוֺדְעֵי1 Chronicles 12:32, הָעִתִּים יִדְעֵיEsther 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc.

c. appointed time, וגו תֵּת ׳בְּעֵת1 Samuel 18:19 at the appointed time of giving, Ezekiel 7:7, 12; Isaiah 13:22, ׳ע מְּקֻדָּתָםJeremiah 8:12; 10:15 = 51:18; 46:21; 50:27 compare (with finite verb) 6:15; 49:8; 50:31, ׳ע אַרְצוֺ27:7, ׳ע גּוֺיִםEzekiel 30:3,מְזֻמָּנִים לְעִתִּיםEzra 10:14; Nehemiah 10:35 compareNehemiah 13:31; ׳עַדעֿ מוֺעֵד2 Samuel 24:15; Psalm 103:14 ("" מוֺעֵד‎), etc.; compare וּמִשְׁמָּט עֵתEcclesiastes 8:5-6, (for time of judgment),עִתּוֺ9:12; especially קֵץ לְעֵתDaniel 8:7; compare 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, ׳כְּע קֵץ עֲוֺןEzekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; compare 35:5; הָעִתִּים לְקֵץDaniel 11:13.

d. as uncertain וָפֶגַע עֵתEcclesiastes 9:11.

3 = experiences, fortunes, plural עִתֶּיךָ אֱמוּנַתIsaiah 33:6; Psalm 31:16; עָלָיו עָֽבְרוּ אֲשֶׁר הָעִתִּים1 Chronicles 29:30

4 occurrence, occasions (= מַּעַם‎), עִתִּים רַבּוֺתNehemiah 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).








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