Hebrew word · H5706

עַד

'ad

prey

A rare noun meaning 'prey, booty', distinct from the common preposition ʿad 'until' and from ʿad 'perpetuity'.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

booty, prey

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of Isaiah 33:23

Range of meaning

A rare noun meaning 'prey, booty', distinct from the common preposition ʿad 'until' and from ʿad 'perpetuity'.

Against the English

KJV, WEB and YLT have 'the prey of a great spoil'. BSB merges the pair into 'an abundance of spoils'.

Used elsewhere in the period

Gen 49:27 ('in the morning he devours the prey'); probably Zeph 3:8, though there the LXX read ʿēd 'witness'. In this verse the LXX took it as 'until' ('until it is handed over as plunder').

Where it appears

Genesis · 1

  1. Genesis 49:27 עַ֑ד booty

    Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”

Isaiah · 1

  1. Isaiah 33:23 עַֽד־ booty of

    Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.

    Here: A rare noun meaning 'prey' (compare Gen 49:27, Benjamin the wolf devouring 'prey'). Joined to the next word: 'prey of plunder', a heap of loot.

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