Lexical Definition

‎עֲדַף‎ ʻădaph (aw-daf') to remain ^H:V
a primitive root

be more, odd number, be (have) over (and above), overplus, remain.

• to be (causatively, have) redundant

1) to remain over, be in excess
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be in excess
1a1a) excess (subst)
1a1b) surplus (participle)
1b) (Hiphil) to have a surplus

See Greek: πλεονάζω · ὑπερέχω · ὑπολείπω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָדַף‎] verb remain over, be in excess, synonym of ‎סרח‎ q. v., only P H (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎עָדִיף‎ superior (to); Arabic be profuse, IV. let down veil, or curtain, etc.; plentifulness); —

Qal Participle ‎סֶרַח הָעֹדֵף‎ Exod 26:12 the surplus (of curtains) that remains over, so feminine ‎הָעֹדֶ֫פֶת‎ vExod 26:12, and ‎הָעֹדֵף‎ as substantive vExod 26:13 the excess in (‎ב‎) length; ‎הָעֹדֵף‎ = the surplus of food Exod 16:23, of price of field Lev 25:27 ‎הָעֹדְפִים עַלֿ‎ those over and above, Num 3:46; Num 3:49, compare vNum 3:48 (no ‎עַלֿ‎). Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֶעְדִּיף‎ Exod 16:18 have a surplus (of manna; opposed to ‎הֶחְסִיר‎).

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