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title: עָתֹד — be ready · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָתֹד (6257), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be ready. BDB 1906: vb. be ready. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָתֹד

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«עָתֹד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be ready** — 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:** 6257 · **BDB:** עָתֹד

### Glosses

make (1); they.are.destined (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be ready [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6257/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be ready [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6257/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be ready (NH adj. עָתִיד future (as prepared); Arabic عَتُدَ be ready, prepared (also great, bulky); Syriac ܥܬܰܕ, 𝔗 in der. spec. and deriv.);— Imv. ms. sf. וְעַתְּדָתּ Pr 24:27 and make it ready i.e. thy work (‖ הָכֵן). Pf. 3 pl. הִתְעַתְּדוּ לְגַלִּים Jb 15:28 which \[houses\] were prepared (destined) for (i.e. to be) heaps of ruin.

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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 (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָתֹד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6257/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 15:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.28/)

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וַיִּשְׁכּ֤וֹן ׀ עָ֘רִ֤ים נִכְחָד֗וֹת בָּ֭תִּים לֹא־יֵ֣שְׁבוּ לָ֑מוֹ אֲשֶׁ֖ר הִתְעַתְּד֣וּ לְגַלִּֽים׃

*Word for word:* and he.dwelt cities destroyed houses \[which\].not people.will.dwell (for themselves which they.are.destined for heaps.of.stones

*JPS 1917:* And he hath dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man would inhabit, which were ready to become heaps.

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[Proverbs 24:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.27/)

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הָ֘כֵ֤ן בַּח֨וּץ ׀ מְלַאכְתֶּ֗ךָ וְעַתְּדָ֣הּ בַּשָּׂדֶ֣ה לָ֑ךְ אַ֝חַ֗ר וּבָנִ֥יתָ בֵיתֶֽךָ׃פ

*Word for word:* establish on the outside work your and make it.ready in the field for yourself after and you.will.build house your

*JPS 1917:* Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.

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