מאוד

Hebrew

Etymology

Cognate with Akkadian 𒈠𒀪𒁕 (ma'du), Ugaritic 𐎎𐎛𐎄 (mỉd).

Pronunciation

• (Samaritan Hebrew) IPA^(key): /me.(ʔ)ud/, [ˈmeː.ʔod]
• (Tiberian Hebrew) IPA^(key): /mˈʔoːð/, [moˈʔoː.oð]
• (Yemenite Hebrew) IPA^(key): /məˈʔøð/, [møˈʔøːð]
• (Iraqi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /meˈʔod/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /meˈ(ʔ)od/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /məˈ(ʔ)ojd/
• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /meˈ(ʔ)od/

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Adverb

מאוד / מְאֹד • (m'ód)

1. Very, quite.

   נעים מאוד. ― na'ím m'ód. ― Pleased to meet you. (literally, “Very pleasant.”)

   יפה מאוד מצידו. ― yafé m'ód mitsidó. ― [That was] very nice of him.

   קשה מאוד להתווכח איתה. ― kashé m'ód l'hitvakéakh itáh. ― It's very hard to argue with her.

Derived terms

• נעים מאוד / נָעִים מְאֹד (na'ím m'ód)

Noun

מאוד / מְאֹד • (m'ód) m (no plural forms, singular construct מאוד / מְאֹד־)

1. Strength, ability, power.
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 6:5, with translation of the King James Version:

     וְאָהַבְתָּ אֵת ה׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ בְּכָל לְבָבְךָ וּבְכָל נַפְשְׁךָ וּבְכָל מְאֹדֶךָ

     v'ahavta et YHVH elohékha b'khól l'vavkhá uvkhól nafsh'khá uvkhól m'odekha

     And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

2. Property, capital.

Derived terms

• עד מאוד (ad m'ód)

References

• “מְאֹד, מְאוֹד” in Abraham Even-Shoshan (אַבְרָהָם אֶבֶן־שׁוֹשָׁן) et al., הַמִּלּוֹן הֶחָדָשׁ (ha-milón he-khadásh, “The New Dictionary”), Kiryat-Sefer Ltd. (קִרְיַת־סֵפֶר בְּע״ם)‎ (1984), →ISBN, volume 2 of 3 (ל to צ), →ISBN, page 611.

Anagrams

• אדום