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Hebrew
Etymology
Cognate to Aramaic אֱדַיִן (ʾĕḏáyin, “then, at that time”), Arabic إِذ (ʔiḏ), إِذَا (ʔiḏā), إِذًا (ʔiḏan).
Pronunciation
Adverb
אָז • (az)
- So, therefore, then, thus.
- 2010 February, Pini Gershon, quoted in איתן נוח (eitán nóakh), “אנדרסון השחקן המצטיין של השבוע ביורוליג”, (ánderson hasakhkán hamitstayén shel hashavúa b'yúrolig, “Anderson the Euroleague MVP of the week”), וואלה!ספורט (Walla!Sports):
פרשנים אמרו לפני המשחק שזה משחק גדול, אז ניצחנו משחק גדול.- parshaním am'rú lifnéi hamiskhák shezé miskhák gadól, az nitzákhnu miskhák gadól.
- Commentators said before the game that this is a big game, so we won a big game.
- 2010 February 4, ניסים בובליל (Nissim Bublil), quoted in עינת פז־פרנקל (Einat Paz-Frankel), “אטיאס לקבלנים: "תרגיעו את ההצעות הגבוהות במכרזים"”, (átias lakavlaním: "targí'u et hahatsa'ót hag'vohót bamikhrazím", “Atias to builders: calm your high bid proposals”), גלובס (Globes):
אם קרקע לדירה בבת ים ליד בית העלמין מוצעת במחיר של 720 אלף שקל, אז כמה תעלה הדירה?- im karká l'dirá b'vat-yám l'yád beit-ha'almín mutsá'at b'mekhír shel 720 élef shékel, az kama ta'alé hadirá?
- If a residential plot in Bat Yam next to the cemetery is proposed at a price of 720 thousand shekels, then how much will the apartments cost?
- Then, next.
- Then, at that time.
- 2010 February 5, “מ"נעשה ונשמע" לכפירה בעיקר - אז והיום” (mi"na'asé v'nishmá" likh'firá ba'ikár - az v'hayóm, “From "we will do and we will hear" to fundamental heresy - then and today”), News1.
- So, so anyway: used to introduce a question or topic, or to return to a previous topic.
- 2010 February 5, איתן אבריאל (Eytan Avriel), “פרשת פסגות - אז ידעו או לא?” (parashát-p'sagót: az yad'ú o lo?, “Psagot account: so did they know, or not?”), TheMarker.
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Pronoun
אָז • (az) m or f
- then (that time)
- איה כורם, אוטוביוגרפיה (Aya Korem, Otobiografiya)
ועד אז לא היה לי מושג שתולים בי כאלו תקוות- v'ad az lo haya li musag shetulim bi ka'elu tikvot
- and until then I had no idea such hopes depend on me (lit. are hung on me)
Persian
Preposition
אז • (az)
- Judeo-Persian spelling of از (az).
1600s, Elisha ben Shmūel, translated by Dalia Yasharpour, The Prince and the Sufi: The Judeo-Persian Rendition of the Buddha Biographies, Brill, published November 9, 2020:צֿנאן גשתה וֿגִודש פיש מן כֿאר
כה פנדארם כם אז כלבסת צד באר- čenin gašte vojud-aš piš-e man xâr
ke pendâram kam az kalb ast sad bâr - His existence for me has become so base
That I view him infinitely lower than a dog.
Yiddish
Conjunction
אז • (az)
- (nonstandard) Unpointed form of אַז (az).