עֲדֶן
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5728
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
hitherto tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
עֲדֶ֫נָֿה: adv. hitherto, still tree →
The whole BDB entry
Ec 4:2 Baer Ginsb (al. עֲדֶ֫נָּה), abbrev. עֲדֶן Ec 4:3 (from עַד־הֵנָּה, עַד־הֵן; cf. NH עֲדַיִן, e.g. Ned. 9:10), adv. hitherto, still.
Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech not compared, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech not compared, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: pleasure (1); still (1).
In the verses
וְשַׁבֵּ֧חַ אֲנִ֛י אֶת־הַמֵּתִ֖ים שֶׁכְּבָ֣ר מֵ֑תוּ מִן־הַ֣חַיִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר הֵ֥מָּה חַיִּ֖ים עֲדֶֽנָה׃
Word for word: and I.commended I (et) the.dead [people] who already they.had.died more.than the living who they [were].alive pleasure still
JPS 1917: Wherefore I praised the dead that are already dead more than the living that are yet alive;
וְטוֹב֙ מִשְּׁנֵיהֶ֔ם אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־עֲדֶ֖ן לֹ֣א הָיָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא־רָאָה֙ אֶת־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה הָרָ֔ע אֲשֶׁ֥ר נַעֲשָׂ֖ה תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
Word for word: and.[is] good more than both.of.them (et) [one].who still not he.has.been [one].who not he.has.seen (et) the activity (the) evil which it.is.done under the sun
JPS 1917: but better than they both is he that hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun.
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