BDB6197 H6256
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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 ׳ע Hos 10:12 +, construct ׳ע Gen 24:12 + עֶתֿ Lev 15:25 + 5t.; suffix עִתּוֺ Hos 2:11 +, etc.; plural, late, עִתִּים 1Chr 12:32 +, suffix עִתֶּיךָ, Isa 33:6 עִתּוֺת Ps 9:10; Ps 10:1, suffix עִתֹּתָ֑י Ps 31:16 — ׳ע only twice P, once H; — 1. time of an event, etc.:
a. usually (213 t.) with preposition: with
בְּ (142 t.), especially
הַהִוא ׳בָּע Gen 21:22 (
E)
in that time,
Gen 38:1 (
J),
Num 22:4 (
E),
Deut 1:9 + 14 t. Deuteronomy;
הַהִיא ׳בָּע Josh 5:2;
Amos 5:13;
Dan 12:1 (twice in verse). + (69 t., not in
P);
הַזּאֹת ׳בָּע Esth 4:14,
בָּעִתִּים הָהֵם 2Chr 15:5;
Dan 11:14 בְּכָלעֵֿת at all times Exod 18:22;
Exod 18:26 (
E),
Lev 16:2 (
P)
Ps 34:2 +; =
continually Prov 8:30,
בְּכָלעֵֿת אֲשֶׁר Esth 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; with
לְ (31 t.; compare
ל 6, p. 516 above),
2Sam 11:1 +
at the time, but
Ezek 12:27 for distant times, compare
לְעֵת כָּזֹאת Esth 4:14, etc.; with
כְּ (21 t.; compare
כ 1 a, p. 453 above),
הַזּאֹת ׳מָחָר כָּע Josh 11:6 (
JE)
tomorrow about this time, usually
מָחָר ׳כָּע (
KöSynt. 401 o)
Exod 9:18 (
J),
1Sam 9:16 (compare
Dr),
1Sam 20:12;
1Kgs 19:2;
1Kgs 20:6;
2Kgs 7:1;
2Kgs 7:18;
2Kgs 10:6 ;
כָּעֵת חַיָה;
כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֺן Isa 8:23 at the former time;
כָּעֵת alone
Num 23:23 (
JE)
at this time =
now (probably, compare
Di),
Judg 13:23;
Judg 21:22 , etc.; with
מִן (8 t.),
מִן הָעֵת הַהִא Neh 13:21, etc.; with
עַד (12 t.),
הַהִיא ׳עַדהָֿע Neh 6:1 up to that time,
מֵעֵת עַדעֵֿת Ezek 4:10;
Ezek 4:11 etc. (5 t. Daniel); with
אלֿ,
מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת 1Chr 9:25.
b often construct defined by n.following:
בְּעֵת צָהֳרָ֑יִם Jer 20:16,
לְעֵת (הָ)עֶרֶב 2Sam 11:12;
Gen 8:11;
Gen 24:11 (both
J),
Isa 17:14;
Zech 14:7 עַדעֵֿת הָעָ֑רֶב Josh 8:29 (
JE),
כְּעֵת מִנְחַת עֶרֶב Dan 9:21, redundantly
לְעֶתיֿוֺם בְּיוֺם 1Chr 12:22,
(ה)קָצִיר ׳ע Jer 50:16;
Jer 51:33,
הַוָּמִיר ׳ע Song 2:12,
וִקְנָה ׳ע 1Kgs 11:4;
1Kgs 15:23;
Ps 71:9,
אַפְּךָ ׳בְּע Jer 18:23 =
פָּנְיךָ ׳לְע Ps 21:10 (of anger),
לְעִתּוֺת בַּצָּרָה Ps 9:10;
Ps 10:1 at time destitution (see
בַּצָּרָה), etc.
c. followed by infinitive
בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ ׳לְע Josh 10:27 (
JE),
2Chr 18:34,
קָרְאָם ׳בְּע Jer 11:14a (read
בְּעֵת also v
b, Gie), etc.
d. followed by clause with finite verb (in poetry or late)
Deut 32:35;
Job 6:17;
2Chr 20:22;
2Chr 24:11;
2Chr 29:27 + (compare
2 c).
2. a. =
usual time: צֵאת ׳לְע 2Sam 11:1 at time of kings' going forth =
1Chr 20:1 בְּעֵת יַחֵם Gen 31:10 עֵת לֶדֶת Job 39:1;
Job 39:2.
b. proper, suitable time: rain
בְּעִתּוֺ Deut 11:14;
Jer 5:24 +, compare
Lev 26:4 (
H), also
Ps 1:3;
Ps 104:27;
Ps 145:15;
Prov 15:23;
Isa 60:22;
Eccl 3:11 עֵת מִלְחָמָה v
Eccl 3:8 שָׁלוֺם ׳ע v
Eccl 3:8 followed by infinitive
Hos 10:12,
הַעֵת לָקַחַת 2Kgs 5:26 is it a time to take money? Hag 1:4,
עֶתבֵּֿית לְהִבָּנוֺת ׳י v
Hag 1:2 (v:a read
עַתָּ בָּא Hi We Now and others);
עֵת לַעֲשׂוֺת Ps 119:126, compare
Eccl 3:2-8 (26 t.); absolute
כִּי עֵת Hos 13:13 (
Hi We and others;
GuKau gives עַתָּ; >
Now כָּעֵת); absolute with negative
Job 22:16;
Eccl 7:17 hence (late)
יוֺדְעֵי בִינָה לָעִתִּים 1Chr 12:32,
יִדְעֵי הָעִתִּים Esth 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc.
c. appointed time,
׳בְּעֵת תֵּת וגו 1Sam 18:19 at the appointed time of giving,
Ezek 7:7;
Ezek 7:12;
Isa 13:22,
פְּקֻדָּתָם ׳ע Jer 8:12;
Jer 10:15 =
Jer 51:18;
Jer 46:21;
Jer 50:27 compare (with finite verb)
Jer 6:15;
Jer 49:8;
Jer 50:31,
אַרְצוֺ ׳ע Jer 27:7,
גּוֺיִם ׳ע Ezek 30:3,
לְעִתִּים מְזֻמָּנִים Ezra 10:14;
Neh 10:35 compare
Neh 13:31 מוֺעֵד ׳עַדעֿ 2Sam 24:15;
Ps 103:14 (||
מוֺעֵד), etc.; compare
עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט Eccl 8:5;
Eccl 8:6 (for
time of judgment),
עִתּוֺ Eccl 9:12 especially
לְעֵת קֵץ Dan 8:7 compare
Dan 11:35;
Dan 11:40;
Dan 12:4;
Dan 12:9,
עֲוֺן קֵץ ׳כְּע Ezek 21:30;
Ezek 21:34 compare
Ezek 35:5 לְקֵץ הָעִתִּים Dan 11:13.
d. as uncertain
עֵת וָפֶגַע Eccl 9:11.
4. occurrence, occasions (=
פַּעַם),
רַבּוֺת עִתִּים Neh 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).