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title: עָדָה — ornament · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָדָה (lemma:עָדָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: ornament. BDB 1906: vb. ornament, deck oneself Hiph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָדָה

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«עָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **ornament** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** lemma:עָדָה · **BDB:** עָדָה²

### Glosses

you.adorned.yourself (2); I (1); \[who\].she.adorns.herself (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

ornament [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. ornament, deck oneself Hiph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. ornament, deck oneself (Aramaic in deriv. עִידּוּת, ornament; cf. perhaps עֲדִיתָא, scurf, scab; Arabic عَدْوَى mange, scab, etc. \[as sheathing, or excrescence?\], also عِدَّى, broad stone for covering grave, etc., Lane1979);— Pf. 2 fs. וְעָדִית Ez 23:40; Impf. 3 fs. תַּעְדֶּה Is 61:10, וַתַּ֫עַד Ho 2:15; 2 fs. תַּעְדִּי Je 4:30; 31:4, וַתַּעְדִּי Ez 16:13; 1 s. sf. וָאֶעְדֵּךְ v 11; Imv. ms. עֲדֵה־נָא Jb 40:10;—ornament; usually reflex., deck oneself with, c. acc. of (woman’s) ornaments, of bride Is 61:10 (sim.; cf. הִלְבִּישׁ v a); fig. of Isr. Ho 2:15; Je 31:4; Jerus. Je 4:30 (c. acc. cogn.; ‖ לָבַשׁ), Ez 16:13 (מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ in ‖ clause), 23:40 (c. acc. cogn.). metaph., עֲדֵה־נָא גָאוֹן וגו׳ Jb 40:10 deck now thyself \[Job\] with majesty. c. 2 acc., וָאֶעְדֵּךְ עֶ֑דִי Ez 16:11 and I decked thee \[Jerus.\] with finery (? read Hiph. וָאַ׳).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5d3_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 40:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.40.10/)

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עֲדֵ֥ה נָ֣א גָֽא֣וֹןוָגֹ֑בַהּ וְה֖וֹד וְהָדָ֣ר תִּלְבָּֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* adorn.yourself please majesty and dignity and glory and honor you.will.be.clothed

*JPS 1917:* Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency, and array thyself with glory and beauty.

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[Jeremiah 31:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.4/)

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ע֤וֹד אֶבְנֵךְ֙ וְֽנִבְנֵ֔ית בְּתוּלַ֖ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל ע֚וֹד תַּעְדִּ֣י תֻפַּ֔יִךְ וְיָצָ֖את בִּמְח֥וֹל מְשַׂחֲקִֽים׃

*Word for word:* again I will.build.you and you.will.be.rebuilt O.virgin of.Israel again you.will.adorn.yourself tambourines your and you.will.go.forth in.\[the\] dancing of.merry.makers

*JPS 1917:* Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel; again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

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