Lexical Definition

‎עָדָה‎ ʻâdâh (aw-daw') to advance ^H:V
a primitive root

adorn, deck (self), pass by, take away.

• to advance, i.e. pass on or continue
• causatively, to remove
• specifically, to bedeck (i.e. bring an ornament upon)

1) to pass on, advance, go on, pass by, remove
1a) (Qal) to pass on, put on
1b) (Hiphil) to remove

See Greek: αἴρω · ἀναλαμβάνω · ἀφαιρέω · ἀφίστημι · ἐπιλαμβάνομαι · ἔρχομαι · κοσμέω · λαμβάνω · μεθίστημι · μένω · παρέρχομαι · περιτίθημι

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: a.dah (‎ע‎ֲ‎ד‎ָ‎ה‎ "to pass on/over/away" עֲדָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עָדָה‎ verb pass on, advance (Arabic () pass by, also run = Ethiopic pass by; Aramaic ‎עדי‎ go along, go by (often for Hebrew ‎עָבַר‎, Aph`el remove; Syriac pass by, come, with fall upon); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎עָדָה‎ Job 28:8 the fierce lion hath not advanced upon it (that is, the way). Hiph`il Participle ‎מַעֲדֶה בֶּגֶד‎ Prov 25:20 removing a garment (compare Prov 38:19 ᵑ7, Jonah 3:6 Hebrew and ᵑ7).

II. ‎עָדָה‎ verb ornament, deck oneself (Aramaic in derivatives ‎עִידּוּת‎, ornament; compare perhaps ‎עֲדִיתָא‎, scurf, scab; Arabic mange, scab, etc. [as sheathing, orexcrescence ?], also broad stone for covering grave, etc., Lane¹⁹⁷⁹); —

Qal Perfect 2 feminine singular ‎וְעָדִית‎ Ezek 23:40 Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תַּעְדֶּה‎ Isa 61:10, ‎וַתַּ֫עַד‎ Hos 2:15* 2 feminine singular ‎תַּעְדִּי‎ Jer 4:30; Jer 31:4, ‎וַתַּעְדִּי‎ Ezek 16:13 1 singular suffix ‎וָאֶעְדֵךְ‎ vEzek 16:11 Imperative masculine singular ‎עֲדֵהנָֿא‎ Job 40:10 — ornament; usually

1. a. reflexive, deck oneself with, with accusative of (woman's) ornaments, of bride Isa 61:10 (simile; compare ‎הִלְבִּישׁ‎ va); figurative of Israel Hos 2:15*; Jer 31:4 Jerusalem Jer 4:30 (with accusative of cognate meaning; || ‎לָבַשׁ‎), Ezek 16:13 (‎מַלְבּוּשֵׁךְ‎ in || clause), Ezek 23:40 (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb).
b. metaphor, ‎עֲדֵהנָֿא גָאוֺן וגוי‎ Job 40:10 deck now thyself [Job] with majesty.

2. with 2. accusative, ‎וָאֶעְדֵךְ עֶ֑דִי‎ Ezek 16:11 and I decked thee [Jerusalem] with finery (? read Hiph`il ‎׳‎‎וָאַ‎).

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