בעד
Appearance
Hebrew
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ב־ע־ד (b-ʿ-d) |
Preposition
[edit]בְּעַד • (be'ád)
- for, in favor of, supporting
- Tanach, Deuteronomy 9:20, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל גַּם־בְּעַד אַהֲרֹן בָּעֵת הַהִוא.
- vaetpallél gam-bə'ád aharón ba'ét hahí.
- and I prayed for Aaron also the same time.
- 1920, last words of Joseph Trumpeldor:
- טוֹב לָמוּת בְּעַד אַרְצֵנוּ.
- tóv lamút b'ád 'artsénu.
- It is good to die for our country.
- for, in exchange
- (literary) through, via
- Tanach, Judges 5:28, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
- בְּעַד הַחַלּוֹן נִשְׁקְפָה, וַתְּיַבֵּב אֵם סִיסְרָא בְּעַד הָאֶשְׁנָב;
- bə'ád haḥallón nišqəfá, vattəyabbév em sisrá bə'ád haešnáv;
- Through the window she looked forth, and peered, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice;
Antonyms
[edit]- נֶגֶד (néged)
Derived terms
[edit]- אֵין בְּעַד מָה ('éin be'ád má)
See also
[edit]- בִּשְׁבִיל (bishvíl)
- לְמַעַן (l'má'an)
References
[edit]- H1157 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- “בעד” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language