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title: עַד — perpetuity · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַד (5703), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 48 times: perpetuity. BDB 1906: n.m. perpetuity. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַד

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«עַד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **perpetuity** — 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:** 48 times · **Key:** 5703 · **BDB:** עַד²

### Glosses

(21); ever (15); perpetuity (7)

### Meaning (OSHB)

perpetuity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5703/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. perpetuity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5703/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** and וָעֶ֑ד (so always) n.m. perpetuity ( = advancing time, cf. Assyrian adû, time, at the present time);— of past time: מִנִּי עַד Jb 20:4; הררי עד Hb 3:6 ancient mountains (cf. עולם 1) so Gn 49:26 (read הַרְרֵי עַד for הוֹרַ֔י עַד). of future time, לָעַד (usually לָעַ֑ד) for ever: during lifetime, of king ψ 21:7 Pr 29:14; of others ψ 9:19; 22:27; 61:9 Pr 12:19. of things, לָעַד בַּצּוּר יֵחָֽצֵב֑וּן Jb 19:24. of continuous existence, of nations, גְּבֶרֶת עַד (of Babylon, cf. עולם 2 c) Is 47:7 (yet v. iii. עַד II 3); anger, לעד Am 1:11; elsewhere עֲדֵי עַד ψ 83:18; 92:8 Is 26:4; 65:18. of divine existence, שֹׁכֵן עַד Is 57:15; attributes, לָעַד ψ 111:3, 10; 112:3, 9; residence in Zion, עֲדֵי עַד 132:14; law of God, לָעַד 19:10; promise as to dynasty of David, לָעַד 89:30; עֲדֵי עַד 132:12; inheritance of land, לָעַד 37:29; continuous relations between God and his people 1 Ch 28:9; Is 64:8; Mi 7:18 לעד. phrases (see עולם 2 m): (לְ)עוֹלָם וָעֶ֑ד ψ 9:6; 10:16; 21:5; 45:7, 18; 48:15; 52:10; 104:5; 119:44; 145:1, 2, 21; Ex 15:18; Mi 4:5; Dn 12:3; לָעַד לְעוֹלָם ψ 111:8; 148:6; עַד־עוֹלְמֵי עַד Is 45:17.—Is 30:8 read (עַד־עוֹלָם) לְעֵד for a witness (𝔖 𝔊 𝔗 Ges Ew Di Che Du) for MT לָעַד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 47 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (16 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (12 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5703/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 15:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.15.18/)

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יְהוָ֥ה ׀ יִמְלֹ֖ךְ לְעֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד׃

*Word for word:* Yahweh he.will.reign forever of.perpetuity and ever

*JPS 1917:* The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

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[Psalms 37:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.29/)

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צַדִּיקִ֥ים יִֽירְשׁוּ־אָ֑רֶץ וְיִשְׁכְּנ֖וּ לָעַ֣ד עָלֶֽיהָ׃

*Word for word:* righteous.\[people\] they.will.possess \[the\].land and they.will.dwell forever on it

*JPS 1917:* The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever.

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