תמיד

See also: תּמיד

Hebrew

Root
ת־מ־ד (t-m-d)

Etymology

Ernest Klein relates it to the base מוד related to the Hebrew מדד (“He measured”) and to the Arabic مد (“He stretched, prolonged”). Klein also states that Hommel relates it to the Arabic تأميد (“fixing, establishing”) the infinitive of أماد. Furthermore, Klein states that Geiger and Peres think that it is a contraction of תעמיד from עמד (“to stand”). On the other hand, Even-Shoshan lists מוד as the root and the Arabic ماد (mād) as a cognate. He also states that some scholars hypothesize that it is a contraction of תמאיד.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

תָּמִיד • (tamíd) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. Always, regularly.
   • 2018, Ofer Matan, Sicha Mekomit, "אמרתי לעצמי שאנחנו לא מתנחלים. אנחנו משהו אחר":

     אנחנו לא התנחלות אבא היה אומר, והספק שלי תמיד היה שם.

     Anakhnu lo hitnakhlut, aba haya omer, vehasafek sheli tamid haya sham.

     We're not a settlement, dad would say, but my doubt was always there.

Noun

תָּמִיד • (tamíd) m (plural indefinite תְּמִידִים, singular construct תְּמִיד־) [pattern: קָטִיל]

1. Always, ever.

Derived terms

• לְתָמִיד (l'tamíd)
• מֵאָז וּמִתָּמִיד (me'áz umitamíd)
• נֵר תָּמִיד (ner tamíd)
• תְּמִידִי (t'midi)

References

• H8548 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Even-Shoshan, Avraham (1979) The Even-Shoshan Dictionary, page 2870
• Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary Of The Hebrew Language For Readers Of English, page 706