Lexical Definition

‎אוֹדוֹת‎ ʼôwdôwth (o-doth') because ^H:N-F
or (shortened) אֹדוֹת ʼôdôwth (odoth') (only thus in the plural); from the same as ‎אוּד‎

(be-) cause, concerning, sake.

• turnings (i.e. occasions)
• (adverb) on account of

1) cause
1a) cause, reason for
1b) the occasion of

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אוֺדָה‎] noun feminine cause (perhaps originally circumstance, compare Sabean ‎אוד‎ enclosing wall) — only plural ‎אוֺדֹת‎ Gen 21:11 +; ‎אֹדוֺת‎ Num 12:1 +; (8 t. + 2Sam 13:16 see infra); ‎אֹדוֺתַי‎ Josh 14:6 ‎אֹדוֺתֶיךָ‎ ib.; — cause, always with ‎על‎, & construct, except Jer 3:8, where followed by ‎אֲשֶׁר‎; ‎׳‎‎עַלאֿ‎ because of Gen 21:11; Gen 21:25; Exod 18:8; Num 12:1; Num 13:24; Judg 6:7; Jer 3:8 = concerning (on occasion of) Gen 26:32; Josh 14:6 (twice in verse); in 2Sam 13:16 read, for ‎אלאֹֿדוֺת‎, ‎אַל אָחִי כִּי‎ ᵐ5^L It. We Dr.

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