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title: עִתִּי — timely · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִתִּי (6261), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: timely. BDB 1906: adj. timely, ready. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִתִּי

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«עִתִּי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **timely** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 6261 · **BDB:** עִתִּי

### Glosses

ready (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

timely [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6261/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. timely, ready [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6261/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. timely, ready (Gk. ὡραῖος);—אִישׁ ע׳ Lv 16:21 a man who is in readiness.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִתִּי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6261/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 16:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.16.21/)

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וְסָמַ֨ךְ אַהֲרֹ֜ן אֶת־שְׁתֵּ֣י יָדָ֗יו עַ֨ל רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִיר֮ הַחַי֒ וְהִתְוַדָּ֣ה עָלָ֗יו אֶת־כָּל־עֲוֺנֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְאֶת־כָּל־פִּשְׁעֵיהֶ֖ם לְכָל־חַטֹּאתָ֑ם וְנָתַ֤ן אֹתָם֙ עַל־רֹ֣אשׁ הַשָּׂעִ֔יר וְשִׁלַּ֛ח בְּיַד־אִ֥ישׁ עִתִּ֖י הַמִּדְבָּֽרָה׃

*Word for word:* and he.will.lean Aaron (et) the.two hands his on the.head of the.male.goat (the) living and he.will.confess over it (et) all the.iniquities of.the.people of.Israel and (et) all transgressions their to all sins their and he.will.put them on the.head of the.male.goat and he.will.send.\[it\].away by.\[the\] hand of.a.man ready to the wilderness

*JPS 1917:* And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions, even all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of an appointed man into the wilderness.

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