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title: עָדָה — pass on · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָדָה (5710), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: pass on. BDB 1906: vb. pass on, advance. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָדָה

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«עָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pass on** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 5710 · **BDB:** עָדָה

### Glosses

\[one.who\].removes (1); it.passes.by (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pass on [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5710/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. pass on, advance [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5710/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. pass on, advance (Arabic (عدو) عَدَا pass by, also run = Ethiopic ዐደወ: pass by; Aramaic עדי go along, go by (often for Heb. עָבַר), Aph. remove; Syriac ܥܕܳܐ pass by, come, c. ܥܰܠ fall upon);— Pf. 3 ms. עָדָה Jb 28:8 the fierce lion hath not advanced upon it (sc. the way). Pt. מַעֲדֶה בֶּגֶר Pr 25:20 removing a garment (cf. Gn 38:19 𝔗, Jon 3:6 Heb. and 𝔗).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5710/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 28:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.28.8/)

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לֹֽא־הִדְרִיכֻ֥הוּ בְנֵי־שָׁ֑חַץ לֹֽא־עָדָ֖ה עָלָ֣יו שָֽׁחַל׃

*Word for word:* not they tread.it \[the\].sons of.pride not it.passes.by on it a.lion

*JPS 1917:* The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor hath the lion passed thereby.

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[Proverbs 25:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.20/)

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מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃פ

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].removes a.garment on a.day of.coldness vinegar on soda and \[one.who\].sings (with the songs to a.heart sad

*JPS 1917:* As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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