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title: אֵיד — distress · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֵיד (343), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 24 times: distress. BDB 1906: n.m. distress, calamity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֵיד

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«אֵיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **distress** — 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:** 24 times · **Key:** 343 · **BDB:** אֵיד

### Glosses

their.disaster (6); calamity (5); disaster (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

distress [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/343/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. distress, calamity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/343/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jb 18:12 distress, calamity (under wh. one bends, cf. Arabic آىِٔدٌ burdening)—א׳ Jb 21:30 +; cstr. id. Jb 31:23 +; אֵידֵי 2 S 22:19 = ψ 18:19 etc.;—distress, calamity (poet. chiefly WisdLt \& late); Pr 17:5; 27:10. national calam. of Isr. (apostate) Je 18:17 Ez 35:5 Ob 13(×3); of Egypt Je 46:21; Moab 48:16; Edom (א׳ עֵשָׂו) 49:8; Hazor v 32. of righteous sufferer 2 S 22:19 = ψ 18:19 cf. א׳ אֵל i.e. from God Jb 31:23 \& אָרְחוֹת אֵידָם 30:12 their calamitous paths (sf. ref. to bereavement, pain, etc.) often of wicked Jb 18:12; 21:17; 31:3 Pr 1:26, 27 (wisd. mocks at; ‖ פַּחַד) 6:15; 24:22; also יוֹם א׳ Dt 32:35 Jb 21:30 (cf. supr. 2 S 22:19 = ψ 18:19 Pr 27:10 Je 18:17; 46:21 Ob(×3) where ‖ יוֹם אֹבֶד יוֹם צָרָה v 12, 14, cf. יוֹם יהוה v 15). BevJPhil. xxvi. 302 der. from Arabic آدَ be strong \[also oppress, burden\], whence إِيَاد (or أَوَى) calamity.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 22 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֵיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/343/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 18:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.18.12/)

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יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* it.is hungry strength his and disaster \[is\].prepared for stumbling his

*JPS 1917:* His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

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[Job 21:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.21.30/)

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כִּ֤י לְי֣וֹם אֵ֭יד יֵחָ֣שֶׂךְ רָ֑ע לְי֖וֹם עֲבָר֣וֹת יוּבָֽלוּ׃

*Word for word:* (dm).that to a.day of.calamity he.is.spared an.evil.\[person\] to a.day of.furi(es) they.are.brought.forth

*JPS 1917:* That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, that they are led forth to the day of wrath?

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