אד

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ad"

Hebrew

Etymology

From an unused root meaning to gather, shared by אוּד (“a burning piece of wood, a firebrand, an ember”).

Pronunciation

• Homophones: הֵד, עֵד

Noun

אֵד • (ed) m (plural indefinite אֵדִים, plural construct אֵדֵי־)

1. a vapour, a fume

   אדי מים

   edei mayim

   water vapor

   • Tanach, Job 36:27, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     כִּי יְגָרַע נִטְפֵי מָיִם יָזֹקּוּ מָטָר לְאֵדוֹ

     ki y'gará' niṭféi máyiml yazóqu maṭár l-édo

     For He draweth away the drops of water, Which distil rain from His vapour

2. a mist
   • Tanach, Genesis 2:6, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וְאֵד יַעֲלֶה מִן הָאָרֶץ וְהִשְׁקָה אֶת כָּל פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה׃

     v-éd ya'aléh min ha-áretz v-hishqá et kol pnei ha-adamá

     but there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

   • a. 425 C.E., Jerusalem Talmud, Ta'anit 14b:

     חֲמִשָּׁה שֵׁמוֹת נִקְרְאוּ לוֹ אֵד עַב עָנָן נָשִׂיא חֲזִיז

     ḥamishá shemót niqr'ú lo: ed, 'av, 'anan, nasí, ḥazíz

     It has five names: mist, cloud, cloudcover, high-clouds, cumulus.

See also

• קִיטוֹר (kitór, “steam”)

References

• H108 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• ד״א