עד

Aramaic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Hebrew עַד (ʿaḏ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕad/

Conjunction

עַד • (ʿaḏ)

1. until
2. while

Preposition

עַד • (ʿaḏ)

1. until

Synonyms

• עדמא

References

• “ˁd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Jastrow, Marcus (1903), A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature‎^[1], London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons

Hebrew

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ad/

Preposition

עַד • (ad)

1. Until, till, up until (a time).

   עד מתי זה בתוקף? ― ad matáy ze b'tókef? ― When is it valid till?

   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud. Pesachim, 99b.1:

     מַתְנִי׳ עֶרֶב פְּסָחִים סָמוּךְ לַמִּנְחָה לֹא יֹאכַל אָדָם עַד שֶׁתֶּחְשַׁךְ. אֲפִילּוּ עָנִי שֶׁבְּיִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא יֹאכַל עַד שֶׁיָּסֵב, וְלֹא יִפְחֲתוּ לוֹ מֵאַרְבַּע כּוֹסוֹת שֶׁל יַיִן וַאֲפִילּוּ מִן הַתַּמְחוּי.

     MISHNA: On the eve of Passover, adjacent to minḥa time, a person may not eat until dark, so that he will be able to eat matza that night with a hearty appetite. Even the poorest of Jews should not eat the meal on Passover night until he reclines on his left side, as free and wealthy people recline when they eat. And the distributors of charity should not give a poor person less than four cups of wine for the Festival meal of Passover night. And this halakha applies even if the poor person is one of the poorest members of society and receives his food from the charity plate.

2. By (a time): before or on.

   עד מתי אני צריך להגיש? ― ad matáy aní tsaríkh l'hagísh? ― When do I have to submit [it] by?

3. To: used in expressing a range.

   נפצע קל עד בינוני ― niftsá kal ad benoní ― lightly to moderately injured

Derived terms

• עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ (ad k'dé kakh)
• עַד כָּאן (ad kán)
• עד מאוד / עַד מְאֹד (ad m'ód)
• עַד עֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה (ad étsem hayóm hazé)

Noun

עַד • (ad) m

1. an eternity

Synonyms

• נֶצַח (nétsakh)

Derived terms

• אֶלְעָד (el'ad)
• לָעַד (la'ád)
• לְעוֹלָם וָעֶד (le'olám va'éd)

References

• H5703 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Root
ע־ו־ד (ʿ-w-d)
5 terms

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /(ʔ)ed/
• Homophone: אֵד

Noun

עֵד • (ed) m (plural indefinite עדים, singular construct עד־)

1. A witness.

Derived terms

• גַּלְעֵד (gal'éd)
• עֵדוּת (edút)
• עד ראייה / עֵד רְאִיָּה (ed r'iyá)
• עֵד שְׁמִיעָה (ed sh'mi'á)

References

• H5707 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew עֵד (ed).

Noun

עד • (eyd) m, plural עדים (eydem)

1. witness

Related terms

• עדות (eydes)