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title: עֵדָה — testimony · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֵדָה (5713), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: testimony. BDB 1906: n.f. testimony, witness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֵדָה

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«עֵדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **testimony** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5713 · **BDB:** עֵדָה⁴

### Glosses

witness (3); O.congregation (1); a.witness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

testimony [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5713/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. testimony, witness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5713/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. testimony, witness, of things (only E);—Gn 21:30; 31:52; Jos 24:27(×2) (J uses עֵד for feminine things).—i. עֵדָה v. יעד.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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 «עֵדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5713/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 6:18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.6.18/)

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לָכֵ֖ן שִׁמְע֣וּ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וּדְעִ֥י עֵדָ֖ה אֶת־אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽם׃

*Word for word:* therefore listen O nations and know O.congregation (et) \[that\].which \[is\].in them

*JPS 1917:* Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is against them.

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[Genesis 21:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.21.30/)

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וַיֹּ֕אמֶר כִּ֚י אֶת־שֶׁ֣בַע כְּבָשֹׂ֔ת תִּקַּ֖ח מִיָּדִ֑י בַּעֲבוּר֙ תִּֽהְיֶה־לִּ֣י לְעֵדָ֔ה כִּ֥י חָפַ֖רְתִּי אֶת־הַבְּאֵ֥ר הַזֹּֽאת׃

*Word for word:* and he.said (dm) (et) seven ewe-lambs you.will.take from hand my so that you.may.become for me (into).a witness (dm).that I.dug (et) the well (the) this

*JPS 1917:* And he said: 'Verily, these seven ewe-lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that it may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.'

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