עֵת 297 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
ע׳ Hosea 10:12 +, construct
ע׳ Genesis 24:12 +
עֶתֿ Leviticus 15:25 +
5 times; suffix
עִתּוֺ Hosea 2:11 +, etc.; plural, late,
עִתִּים 1 Chronicles 12:32 +, suffix
עִתֶּיךָ,
Isaiah 33:6;
עִתּוֺת Psalm 9:10;
Psalm 10:1, suffix
עִתֹּתָ֑י Psalm 31:16; —
ע׳ only twice P, once H; —
1. time of an event, etc.:
a. usually (
213 times) with preposition: with
בְּ (
142 times), especially
הַהִוא בָּע׳ Genesis 21:22 (E)
in that time,
Genesis 38:1 (J),
Numbers 22:4 (E),
Deuteronomy 1:9 +
14 times Deuteronomy;
הַהִיא בָּע׳ Joshua 5:2;
Amos 5:13;
Daniel 12:1 (twice in verse). + (
69 times, not in P);
הַזּאֹת בָּע׳ Esther 4:14,
בָּעִתִּים הָהֵם 2 Chronicles 15:5;
Daniel 11:14;
בְּכָלעֵֿת at all times Exodus 18:22,
26 (E),
Leviticus 16:2 (P)
Psalm 34:2 +; =
continually Proverbs 8:30,
בְּכָלעֵֿת אֲשֶׁר Esther 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; with
לְ (
31 times; compare
ל 6 above),
2 Samuel 11:1 +
at the time, but
Ezekiel 12:27 for distant times, compare
לְעֵת כָּזֹאת Esther 4:14, etc.; with
כְּ (
21 times; compare
כ 1a above),
הַזּאֹת מָחָר כָּע׳ Joshua 11:6 (JE)
tomorrow about this time, usually
מָחָר כָּע׳ (Kö
Synt. 401 o)
Exodus 9:18 (J),
1 Samuel 9:16 (compare Dr),
1 Samuel 20:12;
1 Kings 19:2;
1 Kings 20:6;
2 Kings 7:1,
18;
2 Kings 10:6†;
כָּעֵת חַיָה; †
כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֺן Isaiah 8:23
at the former time;
כָּעֵת alone
Numbers 23:23 (JE)
at this time =
now (probably, compare Di),
Judges 13:23;
Judges 21:22†, etc.; with
מִן (
8 times),
מִן הָעֵת הַהִא Nehemiah 13:21, etc.; with
עַד (
12 times),
הַהִיא עַדהָֿע׳ Nehemiah 6:1 up to that time,
מֵעֵת עַדעֵֿת Ezekiel 4:10,
11 etc. (
5 times Daniel); with
אלֿ,
מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת 1 Chronicles 9:25.
b. often construct defined by noun following:
בְּעֵת צָהֳרָ֑יִם Jeremiah 20:16,
לְעֵת (הָ)עֶרֶב 2 Samuel 11:12;
Genesis 8:11;
Genesis 24:11 (both J),
Isaiah 17:14;
Zechariah 14:7;
עַדעֵֿת הָעָ֑רֶב Joshua 8:29 (JE),
כְּעֵת מִנְחַת עֶרֶב Daniel 9:21, redundantly
לְעֶתיֿוֺם בְּיוֺם 1 Chronicles 12:22,
(ה)קָצִיר ע׳ Jeremiah 50:16;
Jeremiah 51:33,
הַוָּמִיר ע׳ Songs 2:12,
וִקְנָה ע׳ 1 Kings 11:4;
1 Kings 15:23;
Psalm 71:9,
אַפְּךָ בְּע׳ Jeremiah 18:23 =
פָּנֶיךָ לְע׳ Psalm 21:10 (of anger),
לְעִתּוֺת בַּצָּרָה Psalm 9:10;
Psalm 10:1 at time destitution (see
בַּצָּרָה), etc.
2.
c. appointed time,
בְּעֵת תֵּת וגו׳ 1 Samuel 18:19 at the appointed time of giving,
Ezekiel 7:7,
12;
Isaiah 13:22,
פְּקֻדָּתָם ע׳ Jeremiah 8:12;
Jeremiah 10:15 =
Jeremiah 51:18;
Jeremiah 46:21;
Jeremiah 50:27 compare (with finite verb)
Jeremiah 6:15;
Jeremiah 49:8;
Jeremiah 50:31,
אַרְצוֺ ע׳ Jeremiah 27:7,
גּוֺיִם ע׳ Ezekiel 30:3,
לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים Ezra 10:14;
Nehemiah 10:35 compareNehemiah 13:31;
מוֺעֵד עַדעֿ׳ 2 Samuel 24:15;
Psalm 103:14 (||
מוֺעֵד), etc.; compare
וּמִשְׁפָּט עֵת Ecclesiastes 8:5,
6 (for
time of judgment),
עִתּוֺ Ecclesiastes 9:12; especially
לְעֵת קֵץ Daniel 8:7; compare
Daniel 11:35,
40;
Daniel 12:4,
9,
עֲוֺן קֵץ כְּע׳ Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; compare
Ezekiel 35:5;
לְקֵץ הָעִתִּים Daniel 11:13.
† 4. occurrence, occasions (=
פַּעַם),
רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Nehemiah 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).
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