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Hebrew
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Verb
עָטַן • (atán, ʕɔṭan) (pa'al construction, passive counterpart נֶעֱטַן) (Mishnaic Hebrew)
- to pack olives into a vat
a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Menachot 8:4:הַזַּיִת הַשְּׁלִישִׁי עוֹטְנוֹ בְּתוֹךְ הַבַּיִת עַד שֶׁיִּלְקֶה […]- hazzáyiṯ haššə̆liši ʕoṭə̆no bə̆ṯoḵ habbáyiṯ ʕaḏ šɛyyilqe
- The third olive harvest is packed into a vat in the olive press until it softens
Conjugation
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
עֵטָן • (etán, ʕeṭɔn)
- singular form of עֵט with third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as possessor: their pen
References
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English, Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 469