Lexical Definition

‎אֱדַיִן‎ ʼĕdayin (ed-ah'-yin) then ^A:Conj
(Aramaic) of uncertain derivation

now, that time, then.

• then (of time)

1) then, afterwards, thereupon, from that time

Extended Information

Aramaic of: אָז

• Aramaic of az (‎א‎ָ‎ז‎ "then" אָז)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱדַ֫יִן‎₅₇ adverb then, thereupon (so Egyptian Aramaic S-C^{Pap. H 1, J 1}), not ᵑ7: the usually Aramaic forms are ‎הֵידֵין‎ , Mandean ‎האידין‎ (Nö^{M 207}); from [‎אֱדַי‎] = Biblical Hebrew ‎אֲזַי‎ (see ‎אָז‎) + determ. affix n (as in ‎דִּכֵּן‎, ‎תַּמָּן‎; in Sabean = post-positive article; Hom^{Chr. § 57:} compare W^{CG 115}), Nö^{GGA 1884, 1020:} ‎אֲזַי‎, [‎אֱדַי‎], probably from same demonstrative √ as ‎זֶה‎, ‎דָּא‎, ‎דִּי‎, etc., , , lo well then, in that case, Ethiopic : when? : now (Di^{Lex. 197, 1072}), Syriac (enclitic) but); — then, thereupon, Dan 2:15; Dan 2:17; Dan 2:19; Dan 2:25; Dan 2:48; Dan 3:24 +, Ezra 4:9; Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:4; Ezra 5:9 + (always, except Ezra 5:5, at beginning of sentence, introducing new stage of narrative with some emphasis); so with ‎בְּ‎, ‎בֵּאדַיִן‎ (3 t. Ezra, 26 t. Daniel) Dan 2:14; Dan 2:35; Dan 2:46; Dan 3:3; Dan 3:13; Dan 3:19; Dan 3:21 (twice in verse); Dan 3:26, etc., Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2; Ezra 6:1 ‎מִןאֱֿדַיִן‎ from that time Ezra 5:16.

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