Lexical Definition

‎עֵת‎ ʻêth (ayth) time ^H:N
from ‎עַד‎

[phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.

• time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.

1) time
1a) time (of an event)
1b) time (usual)
1c) experiences, fortunes
1d) occurrence, occasion

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‎עֵת‎₂₉₇ noun feminine^{Amos 5:13} and (seldom, mostly late) masculine^{Ezra 10:14} time (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician ‎עת‎; Assyrian inu, ittu, time; Talmud ‎עַנְתָּא‎; clearly from a √ ‎ענה‎, but doubtful whether I. ‎׳‎‎ע‎ ); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Hos 10:12 +, construct ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 24:12 + ‎עֶתֿ‎ Lev 15:25 + 5t.; suffix ‎עִתּוֺ‎ Hos 2:11* +, etc.; plural, late, ‎עִתִּים‎ 1Chr 12:32* +, suffix ‎עִתֶּיךָ‎, Isa 33:6 ‎עִתּוֺת‎ Ps 9:10*; Ps 10:1, suffix ‎עִתֹּתָ֑י‎ Ps 31:16* — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ only twice P, once H; —

1. time of an event, etc.:
a. usually (213 t.) with preposition: with ‎בְּ‎ (142 t.), especially ‎הַהִוא‎ ‎׳‎‎בָּע‎ Gen 21:22 (E) in that time, Gen 38:1 (J), Num 22:4 (E), Deut 1:9 + 14 t. Deuteronomy; ‎הַהִיא‎ ‎׳‎‎בָּע‎ Josh 5:2; Amos 5:13; Dan 12:1 (twice in verse). + (69 t., not in P); ‎הַזּאֹת‎ ‎׳‎‎בָּע‎ Esth 4:14, ‎בָּעִתִּים הָהֵם‎ 2Chr 15:5; Dan 11:14 ‎בְּכָלעֵֿת‎ at all times Exod 18:22; Exod 18:26 (E), Lev 16:2 (P) Ps 34:2* +; = continually Prov 8:30, ‎בְּכָלעֵֿת אֲשֶׁר‎ Esth 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; with ‎לְ‎ (31 t.; compare ‎ל‎ 6, p. 516 above), 2Sam 11:1 + at the time, but Ezek 12:27 for distant times, compare ‎לְעֵת כָּזֹאת‎ Esth 4:14, etc.; with ‎כְּ‎ (21 t.; compare ‎כ‎ 1 a, p. 453 above), ‎הַזּאֹת‎ ‎׳‎‎מָחָר כָּע‎ Josh 11:6 (JE) tomorrow about this time, usually ‎מָחָר‎ ‎׳‎‎כָּע‎ (Kö^{Synt. 401 o}) Exod 9:18 (J), 1Sam 9:16 (compare Dr), 1Sam 20:12; 1Kgs 19:2; 1Kgs 20:6; 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:18; 2Kgs 10:6 ; ‎כָּעֵת חַיָה‎; ‎כָּעֵת הָרִאשׁוֺן‎ Isa 8:23* at the former time; ‎כָּעֵת‎ alone Num 23:23 (JE) at this time = now (probably, compare Di), Judg 13:23; Judg 21:22 , etc.; with ‎מִן‎ (8 t.), ‎מִן הָעֵת הַהִא‎ Neh 13:21, etc.; with ‎עַד‎ (12 t.), ‎הַהִיא‎ ‎׳‎‎עַדהָֿע‎ Neh 6:1 up to that time, ‎מֵעֵת עַדעֵֿת‎ Ezek 4:10; Ezek 4:11 etc. (5 t. Daniel); with ‎אלֿ‎, ‎מֵעֵת אֶלעֵֿת‎ 1Chr 9:25. b often construct defined by n.following: ‎בְּעֵת צָהֳרָ֑יִם‎ Jer 20:16, ‎לְעֵת (הָ)עֶרֶב‎ 2Sam 11:12; Gen 8:11; Gen 24:11 (both J), Isa 17:14; Zech 14:7 ‎עַדעֵֿת הָעָ֑רֶב‎ Josh 8:29 (JE), ‎כְּעֵת מִנְחַת‎ ‎עֶרֶב‎ Dan 9:21, redundantly ‎לְעֶתיֿוֺם בְּיוֺם‎ 1Chr 12:22*, ‎(ה)קָצִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Jer 50:16; Jer 51:33, ‎הַוָּמִיר‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Song 2:12, ‎וִקְנָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Kgs 11:4; 1Kgs 15:23; Ps 71:9, ‎אַפְּךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּע‎ Jer 18:23 = ‎פָּנְיךָ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְע‎ Ps 21:10* (of anger), ‎לְעִתּוֺת בַּצָּרָה‎ Ps 9:10*; Ps 10:1 at time destitution (see ‎בַּצָּרָה‎), etc.
c. followed by infinitive ‎בּוֺא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎לְע‎ Josh 10:27 (JE), 2Chr 18:34, ‎קָרְאָם‎ ‎׳‎‎בְּע‎ Jer 11:14a (read ‎בְּעֵת‎ also v^b, Gie), etc.
d. followed by clause with finite verb (in poetry or late) Deut 32:35; Job 6:17; 2Chr 20:22; 2Chr 24:11; 2Chr 29:27 + (compare 2 c).

2. a. = usual time: ‎צֵאת‎ ‎׳‎‎לְע‎ 2Sam 11:1 at time of kings' going forth = 1Chr 20:1 ‎בְּעֵת יַחֵם‎ Gen 31:10 ‎עֵת לֶדֶת‎ Job 39:1; Job 39:2.
b. proper, suitable time: rain ‎בְּעִתּוֺ‎ Deut 11:14; Jer 5:24 +, compare Lev 26:4 (H), also Ps 1:3; Ps 104:27; Ps 145:15; Prov 15:23; Isa 60:22; Eccl 3:11 ‎עֵת מִלְחָמָה‎ vEccl 3:8 ‎שָׁלוֺם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ vEccl 3:8 followed by infinitive Hos 10:12, ‎הַעֵת לָקַחַת‎ 2Kgs 5:26 is it a time to take money? Hag 1:4, ‎עֶתבֵּֿית‎ ‎לְהִבָּנוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎י‎ vHag 1:2 (v:a read ‎עַתָּ בָּא‎ Hi We Now and others); ‎עֵת‎ ‎לַעֲשׂוֺת‎ Ps 119:126, compare Eccl 3:2-8 (26 t.); absolute ‎כִּי עֵת‎ Hos 13:13 (Hi We and others; Gu^{Kau gives} ‎עַתָּ‎; > Now ‎כָּעֵת‎); absolute with negative Job 22:16; Eccl 7:17 hence (late) ‎יוֺדְעֵי בִינָה‎ ‎לָעִתִּים‎ 1Chr 12:32*, ‎יִדְעֵי הָעִתִּים‎ Esth 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc.
c. appointed time, ‎׳‎‎בְּעֵת תֵּת וגו‎ 1Sam 18:19 at the appointed time of giving, Ezek 7:7; Ezek 7:12; Isa 13:22, ‎פְּקֻדָּתָם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Jer 8:12; Jer 10:15 = Jer 51:18; Jer 46:21; Jer 50:27 compare (with finite verb) Jer 6:15; Jer 49:8; Jer 50:31, ‎אַרְצוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Jer 27:7, ‎גּוֺיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ezek 30:3,‎לְעִתִּים‎ ‎מְזֻמָּנִים‎ Ezra 10:14; Neh 10:35* compareNeh 13:31 ‎מוֺעֵד‎ ‎׳‎‎עַדעֿ‎ 2Sam 24:15; Ps 103:14 (|| ‎מוֺעֵד‎), etc.; compare ‎עֵת וּמִשְׁפָּט‎ Eccl 8:5; Eccl 8:6 (for time of judgment),‎עִתּוֺ‎ Eccl 9:12 especially ‎לְעֵת קֵץ‎ Dan 8:7 compare Dan 11:35; Dan 11:40; Dan 12:4; Dan 12:9, ‎עֲוֺן קֵץ‎ ‎׳‎‎כְּע‎ Ezek 21:30*; Ezek 21:34* compare Ezek 35:5 ‎לְקֵץ הָעִתִּים‎ Dan 11:13.
d. as uncertain ‎עֵת וָפֶגַע‎ Eccl 9:11.

3. = experiences, fortunes, plural ‎אֱמוּנַת‎ ‎עִתֶּיךָ‎ Isa 33:6; Ps 31:16* ‎הָעִתִּים אֲשֶׁר עָֽבְרוּ עָלָיו‎ 1Chr 29:30

4. occurrence, occasions (= ‎פַּעַם‎), ‎רַבּוֺת עִתִּים‎ Neh 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).

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