--- title: תָּמִיד — continuity · The Tanakh dictionary description: תָּמִיד (8548), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 104 times: continuity. BDB 1906: n.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8548.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)‎ / תָּמִיד‎ # תָּמִיד «תָּמִיד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **continuity** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 104 times · **Key:** 8548 · **BDB:** תָּמִיד ### Glosses continually (70); continuity (17); of.continuity (9) ### Meaning (OSHB) continuity [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8548/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8548/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Dn 12:11 continuity (perhaps orig. extent; NH as BH, Ecclus תמיד 45:14);—ת׳ always abs.;— earliest and oftenest as adv., continually: of going on without interruption = continuously, Ho 12:7 Je 6:7 Na 3:19 Is 21:8; 49:16; 51:13 (+ כָּל־הַיּוֹם), 52:5 (+ id.), 58:11; 60:11 (‖ יוֹמָם וָלַיְלָה), 62:6 (+ כָּל־הַיּוֹם וְכָל־הַלַּיְלָה), 65:3 Ob 16 Hb 1:17 Dt 11:12 1 K 10:8 = 2 Ch 9:7, 1 Ch 16:11, 37; especially (sometimes hyperbol.) in ψψ: ψ 16:8; 25:15; 34:2 (‖ בְּכָל־עֵת), 35:27 cf. 40:17; 70:5, 38:18; 40:12; 50:8; 51:5; 69:24; 71:6, 14; 72:15; 73:23; 74:23; 105:4; 109:15, 19; 119:44 (+ לְעוֹלָם וָעֶֽך׃), v 109, 117 (so also ψ 16:5, for MT תומיך, Bi Che; תּוֹסיף Ol Bae); Pr 5:19 (‖ בְּכָל־עֵת), 6:21; 15:15; 28:14; also Ez 38:8 (del. 𝔖 Co ToyHpt. Berthol), Lv 6:6 (P; of fire, ‖ לֹא תִכְבֶּה), Ez 46:14 (but חֻקַּת תּ׳ 𝔊 Co Berthol); also in ritual, Lv 24:8 (H), cf. Ex 25:30 (P; shew-bread), Lv 24:2, 3, 4 (H), cf. Ex 27:20 (P; of lamp), Ex 28:29, 30, 38. of regular repetition: meals 2 S 9:7, 10, 13; 2 K 25:29 = Je 52:33; journeys 2 K 4:9; cf. Nu 9:16; ψ 71:3; of ritual: sacrifice, לַיּוֹם תָּמִיד Ex 29:38; cf. 1 Ch 16:40; 23:31; 2 Ch 24:14. as subst.: of uninterrupted continuity, אַנְשֵׁי ת׳ Ez 39:14 men of continuity, i.e. men continually employed for the purpose; לֶחֶם הַתּ׳ Nu 4:7 the bread of continuity, i.e. the bread that is always there, so מַעֲרֶכֶת ת׳ 2 Ch 2:3, and perhaps חֲצֹצְרוֹת ת׳ 1 Ch 16:6. of regular repetition אֲרֻחַת מ׳ 2 K 25:30, i.e. a regular allowance, = Je 52:34; especially of ritual: קְטֹרֶת ת׳ Ex 30:8 (P); most often עֹלַת ת׳ Ez 46:15 (every morning), Ex 29:42 (morning and evening, so) Nu 28:6 Ezr 3:5, so read also Nu 28:3 (Di) for MT עוֹלָה ת׳ (לַיּוֹם); עֹלַת הַתּ׳ Nu 28:10, 15, 23, 24, 31; 29:6, 11, 16, 19, 22, 25, 28, 31, 34, 38 Ne 10:34; rarely מִנְחַת ת׳ Nu 4:16 (P), Ne 10:34; as appos., מִנְחָה ת׳ Lv 6:13 meal-offering as a regular observance (cf. Ges§ 131, 2 (b) DaSynt. § 29 (b); on text v. Di, NowArch. ii. 124f.), (and Nu 28:3 MT, but v. supr.) (late) הַתּ׳ alone = daily (morning and evening) burnt-offering (NowArch. ii. 222f.) Dn 8:11, 12, 13; 11:31; 12:11 (so Talm., even in pl. תְּמִידִין). Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech not compared, 103 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «תָּמִיד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8548/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Leviticus 6:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.6.6/) אֵ֗שׁ תָּמִ֛יד תּוּקַ֥ד עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ לֹ֥א תִכְבֶֽה׃ *Word for word:* a.fire continually it.will.burn on the altar not it.will.be.extinguished *JPS 1917:* Fire shall be kept burning upon the altar continually; it shall not go out. [1 Chronicles 16:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.16.11/) דִּרְשׁ֤וּ יְהוָה֙ וְעֻזּ֔וֹ בַּקְּשׁ֥וּ פָנָ֖יו תָּמִֽיד׃ *Word for word:* seek Yahweh and strength his seek face his continually *JPS 1917:* Seek ye the LORD and His strength; seek His face continually. - ← previous: [תָּמַח](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8547.md) - next →: [תָּמִים](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/8549.md) - ↑ back to [ת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1514-2.md)