עדות
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Aramaic
Noun
עֵדוּת • (transliteration needed) f
Hebrew
Etymology
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| ע־ו־ד (ʿ-w-d) |
Pronunciation
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Noun
עֵדוּת • ('edút) f (plural indefinite עדויות / עֵדֻיּוֹת, singular construct עֵדוּת־, plural construct עדויות / עֵדֻיּוֹת־)
- testimony, report (of a witness)
- Tanach, Psalms 81:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- עֵדוּת בִּיהוֹסֵף שָׂמוֹ בְּצֵאתוֹ עַל־אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם שְׂפַת לֹא־יָדַעְתִּי אֶשְׁמָע׃
- 'edút bihoséf samó b'tseitó 'al-'érets mitsráyim s'fát lo-yadá'ti 'eshmá'.
ʿēḏūṯ bīhōsēp̄ śāmō bəṣēṯō ʿal-ʾéreṣ miṣrā́yim śəp̄aṯ lō-yāḏáʿtī ʾešmāʿ. - He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when He went forth against the land of Egypt. The speech of one that I knew not did I hear:
- 'edút bihoséf samó b'tseitó 'al-'érets mitsráyim s'fát lo-yadá'ti 'eshmá'.
- 2011 May 6, “עדויות: לפחות 6 הרוגים ועשרות פצועים ברחבי סוריה” (eduyot: l'fakhót 6 harugím va'asarót p'tsu'ím b'rakhavéi súrya, “Witnesses: At least 6 killed and tens injured across Syria”), in Haaretz.
References
- “עדות” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
עדות on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he- עדות (פירושונים) on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he
Yiddish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
עדות • (eydes) m, plural עדות (eydes)
Derived terms
- זײַן אַן עדות פֿון/אַז (zayn an eydes fun/az, “attest to, testify that”)