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Hebrew
Etymology
Related to Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿēden, “Eden”), derived from Akkadian 𒂊𒁲𒉡 (edinu, “plain, lowland; wilds, steppes; land naturally irrigated, untouched fertile land”), a loan from Sumerian 𒂔 (eden, “plain, open country”).
Noun
עֶדְנָה • (ʿedná) f
- (Biblical hapax legomenon): pleasure, delight
Tanach, Genesis 18:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:וַתִּצְחַק שָׂרָה בְּקִרְבָּהּ לֵאמֹר אַחֲרֵי בְלֹתִי הָיְתָה־לִּי עֶדְנָה וַאדֹנִי זָקֵן׃- Va-titsḥáq Sara b-qirbáh lemór aḥaréi v'lotí háyta li ʿedná vadoní zaqén.
- And Sarah laughed within herself, saying: ‘After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?’
Proper noun
עדנה • (ʿedná) f
- a female given name, Edna