H6256. eth

עֵת‎₂₉₇ noun feminine^{Amos 5:13} and (seldom, mostly late) masculine^{Ezra 10:14} time (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician עת‎; Assyrian inu, ittu, time; Talmud עַנְתָּא‎; clearly from a √ ענה‎, but doubtful whether I. ׳ע‎ ); — absolute ׳ע‎ Hosea 10:12 +, construct ׳ע‎ Genesis 24:12 + עֶתֿ‎ Leviticus 15:25 + 5t.; suffix עִתּוֺ‎ Hosea 2:11 +, etc.; plural, late, עִתִּים‎ 1 Chronicles 12:32 +, suffix עִתֶּיךָ‎, Isaiah 33:6; עִתּוֺת‎ Psalm 9:10; 10:1, suffix עִתֹּתָ֑י‎ 31:16; — ׳ע‎ only twice P, once H; —

1 time of an event, etc.:

a. usually (213 t.) with preposition: with בְּ‎ (142 t.), especially ׳בָּע הַהִוא‎ Genesis 21:22 (E) in that time, 38:1 (J), Numbers 22:4 (E), Deuteronomy 1:9 14t. Deuteronomy; ׳בָּע הַהִיא‎ Joshua 5:2; Amos 5:13; Daniel 12:1 (twice in verse). + (69 t., not in P); ׳בָּע הַזּאֹת‎ Esther 4:14, הָהֵם בָּעִתִּים‎2 Chronicles 15:5; Daniel 11:14; בְּכָלעֵֿת‎ at all times Exodus 18:22, 26 (E), Leviticus 16:2 (P) Psalm 34:2 +; = continually Proverbs 8:30, אֲשֶׁר בְּכָלעֵֿת‎ Esther 5:13 as long as I see Mordecai; with לְ‎ (31 t.; compare ל‎

6, p. 516 above), 2 Samuel 11:1 + at the time, but Ezekiel 12:27 for distant times, compare כָּזֹאת לְעֵת‎ Esther 4:14, etc.; with כְּ‎ (21 t.; compare כ‎ 1a, p. 453 above), כָּע ׳מָחָר הַזּאֹת‎ Joshua 11:6 (JE) tomorrow about this time, usually ׳כָּע מָחָר‎ (Kö^{Synt. 401 o}) Exodus 9:18 (J), 1 Samuel 9:16 (compare Dr), 20:12; 1 Kings 19:2; 20:6; 2 Kings 7:1, 18; 10:6 ; חַיָה כָּעֵת‎; הָרִאשׁוֺן כָּעֵת‎ Isaiah 8:23 at the former time; כָּעֵת‎ alone Numbers 23:23 (JE) at this time = now (probably, compare Di), Judges 13:23; 21:22 , etc.; with מִן‎ (8 t.), הַהִא הָעֵת מִן‎ Nehemiah 13:21, etc.; with עַד‎ (12 t.), ׳עַדהָֿע הַהִיא‎ 6:1 up to that time, עַדעֵֿת מֵעֵת‎ Ezekiel 4:10-11, etc. (5 t. Daniel); with אֶלעֵֿת מֵעֵת אלֿ,‎ 1 Chronicles 9:25.

b often construct defined by n.following: צָהֳרָ֑יִם בְּעֵת‎ Jeremiah 20:16, (הָ)עֶרֶב לְעֵת‎ 2 Samuel 11:12; Genesis 8:11; 24:11 (both J), Isaiah 17:14; Zechariah 14:7; הָעָ֑רֶב עַדעֵֿת‎ Joshua 8:29 (JE), עֶרֶב מִנְחַת כְּעֵת‎ Daniel 9:21, redundantly בְּיוֺם לְעֶתיֿוֺם‎ 1 Chronicles 12:22, ׳ע (ה)קָצִיר‎ Jeremiah 50:16; 51:33, ׳ע הַוָּמִיר‎ Song of Solomon 2:12, ׳ע וִקְנָה‎ 1 Kings 11:4; 15:23; Psalm 71:9, ׳בְּע אַמְּךָ‎ Jeremiah 18:23 = ׳לְע מָּנְיךָ‎ Psalm 21:10 (of anger), בַּצָּרָה לְעִתּוֺת‎ 9:10; 10:1 at time destitution (see בַּצָּרָה‎), etc.

c. followed by infinitive ׳לְע הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ בּוֺא‎ Joshua 10:27 (JE), 2 Chronicles 18:34, ׳בְּע קָרְאָם‎ Jeremiah 11:14a (read בְּעֵת‎ also v^b, Gie), etc.

d. followed by clause with finite verb (in poetry or late) Deuteronomy 32:35; Job 6:17; 2 Chronicles 20:22; 24:11; 29:27 + (compare 2c).

2. a. = usual time: ׳לְע צֵאת‎ 2 Samuel 11:1 at time of kings' going forth = 1 Chronicles 20:1; יַחֵם בְּעֵת‎ Genesis 31:10; לֶדֶת עֵת‎ Job 39:1-2,.

b. proper, suitable time: rain בְּעִתּוֺ‎ Deuteronomy 11:14 Jeremiah 5:24 +, compare Leviticus 26:4 (H), also Psalm 1:3; 104:27; 145:15; Proverbs 15:23; Isaiah 60:22; Ecclesiastes 3:11 מִלְחָמָה עֵת‎ 3:8; ׳ע שָׁלוֺם‎ 3:8; followed by infinitive Hosea 10:12, לָקַחַת הַעֵת‎ 2 Kings 5:26 is it a time to take money? Haggai 1:4, ׳י לְהִבָּנוֺת עֶתבֵּֿית‎ 1:2 (v:a read בָּא עַתָּ‎ Hi We Now and others); לַעֲשׂוֺת עֵת‎ Psalm 119:126, compare Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 (26 t.); absolute עֵת כִּי‎ Hosea 13:13 (Hi We and others; Gu^{Kau gives} עַתָּ‎; > Now כָּעֵת‎); absolute with negative Job 22:16; Ecclesiastes 7:17; hence (late) לָעִתִּים בִינָה יוֺדְעֵי‎ 1 Chronicles 12:32, הָעִתִּים יִדְעֵי‎ Esther 1:13 i.e. astrologers, etc.

c. appointed time, וגו תֵּת ׳בְּעֵת‎ 1 Samuel 18:19 at the appointed time of giving, Ezekiel 7:7, 12; Isaiah 13:22, ׳ע מְּקֻדָּתָם‎ Jeremiah 8:12; 10:15 = 51:18; 46:21; 50:27 compare (with finite verb) 6:15; 49:8; 50:31, ׳ע אַרְצוֺ‎ 27:7, ׳ע גּוֺיִם‎ Ezekiel 30:3,מְזֻמָּנִים לְעִתִּים‎ Ezra 10:14; Nehemiah 10:35 compareNehemiah 13:31; ׳עַדעֿ מוֺעֵד‎ 2 Samuel 24:15; Psalm 103:14 ("" מוֺעֵד‎), etc.; compare וּמִשְׁמָּט עֵת‎ Ecclesiastes 8:5-6, (for time of judgment),עִתּוֺ‎ 9:12; especially קֵץ לְעֵת‎ Daniel 8:7; compare 11:35, 40; 12:4, 9, ׳כְּע קֵץ עֲוֺן‎ Ezekiel 21:30; Ezekiel 21:34; compare 35:5; הָעִתִּים לְקֵץ‎ Daniel 11:13.

d. as uncertain וָפֶגַע עֵת‎ Ecclesiastes 9:11.

3 = experiences, fortunes, plural עִתֶּיךָ אֱמוּנַת‎ Isaiah 33:6; Psalm 31:16; עָלָיו עָֽבְרוּ אֲשֶׁר הָעִתִּים‎ 1 Chronicles 29:30

4 occurrence, occasions (= מַּעַם‎), עִתִּים רַבּוֺת‎ Nehemiah 9:28 great numbers of times (= very often).