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title: עָתִיד — ready · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָתִיד (6264), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: ready. BDB 1906: adj. ready, prepared. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָתִיד

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«עָתִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 5 times · **Key:** 6264 · **BDB:** עָתִיד

### Glosses

ready (4); impending.\[things\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ready [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6264/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. ready, prepared [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6264/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** \[עָתוּד\] adj. ready, prepared;— abs. עָתִיד לַכִּידוֹר Jb 15:24 a king ready for the onset; pl. עֲתִדִים לַיּוֹם Est 3:14 ready for the day, so 8:13 Qr (Kt עתודים). ready = skilled הָעֲתִידִים עֹרֵר Jb 3:8 those skilled in rousing Leviathan. prepared = impending (cf. NH = future), fpl. וְחָשׁ עֲתִדֹת Dt 32:35 the impending things are hastening (‖ קָרוֹב יוֹם אֵידָם). prepared = stored up, ועתידתיהם Is 10:13 Kt (Qr וַעֲתוּדֹתֵיהֶם, to differentiate it from above) and their stores have I plundered.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָתִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6264/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.8/)

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יִקְּבֻ֥הוּ אֹרְרֵי־י֑וֹם הָ֝עֲתִידִ֗ים עֹרֵ֥ר לִוְיָתָֽן׃

*Word for word:* let them.curse.it \[those.who\].curse (of).a.day the.\[ones\] ready to.rouse Leviathan

*JPS 1917:* Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

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[Job 15:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.15.24/)

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יְֽ֭בַעֲתֻהוּ צַ֣ר וּמְצוּקָ֑ה תִּ֝תְקְפֵ֗הוּ כְּמֶ֤לֶךְ ׀ עָתִ֬יד לַכִּידֽוֹר׃

*Word for word:* they terrify.him distress and trouble it overpowers.him like a.king ready for (the) battle

*JPS 1917:* Distress and anguish overwhelm him; they prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

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