Lexical Definition

‎אֵד‎ ʼêd (ade) mist ^H:N-M
from the same as ‎אוּד‎ (in the sense of enveloping)

mist, vapor.

• a fog

1) mist

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֵד‎ noun masculine mist (derivation dubious; Arabic derivation very dubious; Dl^{W125, compare WB22} KS^2.4 Hpt^{JAOS 1896, 158 ff.} Gunk^{Gen 2:6} Holz^{Gen 2:6} Buhl compare Assyrian edû, flood, mass of waters (√ ‎אדה‎), editu, overflow (for irrigation); ‎ᵐ5‎ ‎ᵑ6‎ ‎ᵑ9‎ Aq in Gen 2:6 have spring, ‎ᵑ7‎ cloud, so ‎ᵐ5‎ ‎ᵑ7‎ Job 36:27 add perhaps Job 36:30 ‎אֵדוֺ‎ for ‎אוֺרוֺ‎ (Du Dr). Arabic = be strong; that which affords protection, shade; otherwise Dl^{W 125}) Gen 2:6 ‎אֵדוֺ‎ Job 36:27.

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