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title: עָדַף — remain over · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָדַף (5736), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: remain over. BDB 1906: vb. remain over, be in excess. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָדַף

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«עָדַף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **remain over** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 5736 · **BDB:** עָדַף

### Glosses

surplus (4); \[those.who.are\].in.excess (1); are\].in.excess (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

remain over [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5736/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. remain over, be in excess [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5736/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. remain over, be in excess, syn. of סרח q.v., only PH (NH id., Aramaic עָדִיף superior (to); Arabic غَدَفَ be profuse, iv. let down veil, or curtain, etc.; غَدَفٌ plentifulness);— Pt. סֶרַח הָעֹדֵף Ex 26:12 the surplus (of curtains) that remains over, so f. הָעֹדֶפֶת v 12, and הָעֹדֵף as subst. v 13 the excess in (ב) length; הָעֹדֵף = the surplus of food Ex 16:23, of price of field Lv 25:27 (P); הָעֹדְפִים עַל־ those over and above, Nu 3:46, 49, cf. v 48 (no עַל־). Pf. 3 ms. הֶעְדִּיף Ex 16:18 have a surplus (of manna; opp. הֶחְסִיר).

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָדַף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5736/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 3:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.48/)

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וְנָתַתָּ֣ה הַכֶּ֔סֶף לְאַהֲרֹ֖ן וּלְבָנָ֑יו פְּדוּיֵ֕י הָעֹדְפִ֖ים בָּהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.give the money to Aaron and to sons his the.ransom(s) of \[those.who.are\].in.excess among them

*JPS 1917:* And thou shalt give the money wherewith they that remain over of them are redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons.'

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[Numbers 3:49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.3.49/)

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וַיִּקַּ֣ח מֹשֶׁ֔ה אֵ֖ת כֶּ֣סֶף הַפִּדְי֑וֹם מֵאֵת֙ הָעֹ֣דְפִ֔ים עַ֖ל פְּדוּיֵ֥י הַלְוִיִּֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.took Moses (et) the.money of the.ransom from with \[those who.were\].in.excess to the.ransom(s) of the.Levites

*JPS 1917:* And Moses took the redemption-money from them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites;

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