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title: עֲדֶן — hitherto · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲדֶן (5728), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: hitherto. BDB 1906: adv. hitherto, still. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲדֶן

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«עֲדֶן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **hitherto** — 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:** 5728 · **BDB:** עֲדֶ֫נָֿה

### Glosses

pleasure (1); still (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

hitherto [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5728/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adv. hitherto, still [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5728/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** Ec 4:2 Baer Ginsb (al. עֲדֶ֫נָּה), abbrev. עֲדֶן Ec 4:3 (from עַד־הֵנָּה, עַד־הֵן; cf. NH עֲדַיִן, e.g. Ned. 9:10), adv. hitherto, still.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֲדֶן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5728/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 4:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.2/)

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וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־הַמֵּתִ֖ים שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן־הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָה׃

*Word for word:* and I.commended I (et) the.dead \[people\] who already they.had.died more.than the living who they \[were\].alive pleasure still

*JPS 1917:* Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;

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[Ecclesiastes 4:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.4.3/)

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וְטוֹב֙ מִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־עֲדֶ֖ן לֹ֣א הָיָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה הָרָ֔ע אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and.\[is\] good more than both.of.them (et) \[one\].who still not he.has.been \[one\].who not he.has.seen (et) the activity (the) evil which it.is.done under the sun

*JPS 1917:* but better than they both is he that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.

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