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title: אֱדַיִן — then · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: אֱדַיִן (lemma:אֱדַיִן), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 57 times: then. BDB 1906: adv. then, thereupon. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱדַיִן

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«אֱדַיִן» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **then** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 57 times · **Key:** lemma:אֱדַיִן · **BDB:** אֱדַ֫יִן

### Glosses

then (57)

### Meaning (OSHB)

then [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5d3_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. then, thereupon [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5d3_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adv. then, thereupon (so Egyptian Aramaic (S-CPap. H 1, J 1), not 𝔗: the usually Aramaic forms are הֵידֵין, ܗܳܝܕܶܝܢ, Mand. האידין (NöM 207); from \[אֱדַי\] = BH אֲזַי (v. אָז) + determ. affix n (as in דִּכֵּן, תַּמָּן; in Sab. = post-pos. art., HomChr. § 57: cf.WCG 115), NöGGA 1884, 1020: אֲזַי, \[אֱדַי\], prob. from same demonstr. √ as זֶה, דָּא, דִּי, etc., إِذْ, إِذَا, lo, إِذًا well then, in that case, Ethiopic ማእዜ when? ይእዜ now (Di Lex. 197, 1072), Syriac ܕܶܝܢ (enclitic) but);—then, thereupon, Dn 2:15, 17, 19, 25, 48; 3:24 +, Ezr 4:9, 23; 5:4, 9 + (always, except Ezr 5:5, at beginning of sentence, introducing new stage of narrative with some emph.); so c. בְּ, בֵּאדַיִן (3 times Ezr., 26 times Dn) Dn 2:14, 35, 46; 3:3, 13, 19, 21, 26, etc., Ezr 4:24; 5:2; 6:1; מִן־אֱדַיִן from that time †Ezr 5:16.

### Jastrow 1903

אֱדַיִן: at that time, thereupon. at the same time, forthwith from that time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5d3_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/#m3)

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**The whole Jastrow entry:** (= h. אֲזַי, אָז; √ד־ = h. ז־) at that time, thereupon. Dan. II, 15; 17; 19.—בֵּאדַ׳ at the same time, forthwith. Ibid. 14; 35.—מן א׳ from that time. Ezra V, 16.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: headword, part of speech not compared, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֱדַיִן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1488/lemma_3a_5d0_5b1_5d3_5b7_5d9_5b4_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 6:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.6.22/)

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אֱדַ֙יִן֙ דָּנִיֶּ֔אל עִם־מַלְכָּ֖א מַלִּ֑ל מַלְכָּ֖א לְעָלְמִ֥ין חֱיִֽי׃

*Word for word:* then Daniel with the king he.spoke O king forever live!

*JPS 1917:* Then said Daniel unto the king: 'O king, live for ever!

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[Ezra 5:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.5.4/)

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אֱדַ֥יִן כְּנֵ֖מָא אֲמַ֣רְנָא לְּהֹ֑ם מַן־אִנּוּן֙ שְׁמָהָ֣ת גֻּבְרַיָּ֔א דִּֽי־דְנָ֥ה בִנְיָנָ֖א בָּנַֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* then as.follows we.said to them what? \[are\].they the.names of the.men who this the building \[are\].building

*JPS 1917:* 'Then spoke we unto them after this manner, wrote they: What are the names of the men that build this building?'

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