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Hebrew
Etymology
From an unused root meaning to gather, shared by אוּד (“a burning piece of wood, a firebrand, an ember”).
Pronunciation
Noun
אֵד • (ed) m (plural indefinite אֵדִים, plural construct אֵדֵי־)
- a vapour, a fume
אדי מים- edei mayim
- water vapor
Tanach, Job 36:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדוֹ- ki y'gará' niṭféi máyiml yazóqu maṭár l-édo
- For He draweth away the drops of water, Which distil rain from His vapour
- a mist
Tanach, Genesis 2:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת כָּל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה׃- v-éd ya'aléh min ha-áretz v-hishqá et kol pnei ha-adamá
- but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud, Ta'anit 14b:חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת נִקְרְאוּ לוֹ אֵד עַב עָנָן נָשִׂיא חֲזִיז- ḥamishá shemót niqr'ú lo: ed, 'av, 'anan, nasí, ḥazíz
- It has five names: mist, cloud, cloudcover, high-clouds, cumulus.
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