24:41 Ex 12:4 4, 48 Dt 29:19 Jos 1:8 1 S 6:3 Is 58: 8, 9 Je 11:15 Hi Ke ψ 19:14 ;

51:21 Pr 3:23 Jb 11:1 5; 13:20 ; 22:26 . c. in poetry אז is sometimes used to throw emphasis on a particular feature of the description Gn 49:4 Ex 15:15 Ju 5: 8, 11 , 13 , 19 , 22 Is 33:2 3; 41:1 Hb 1:11 ψ 2:5 ; 96:12 . d. it points back with emphasis to

an inf. with בּ 2 S 5:24a ψ 126:2 ^(×2) Jb 28:2 7; 33:16 ; to בַּיֹּום הַהוּא

(anomalously) 1 Ch 16:7 . 2. expressing logical sequence strictly: in the apod.:— after אם (rare) for sake of special emphasis Is 58:14 Pr 2:5 Jb 9:3 1; = in that case , after לוּ or לוּלֵא 2 S 2:27 hadst thou not spoken, כִּי אָז surely then had the people, etc. 19:7 ψ 119:92 ; after אחלי 2 K 5:3 ψ 119:6 ; after a suppressed protasis 2 K 13:19 Jb 3:13 יָשַׁנְתִּי יָנוּחַ לִי I had slept, then were there rest for me; Jos 22:31 (strangely) = now, as things are; Ec 2:15 = that being so . (122 times besides מאז and מן־אז . Seldom used except where some special emphasis is desired. ‘Then’ of AV RV more commonly represents וְ , especially in the apodosis.)

• מֵאָז TWOT 54a ( ^cf. مُنذُ ^(munḏu)) , once ( Je 44:18 ) מִן־אָז ^{, lit.} from that time: used ( a ) absol. , as adv. = in time past , of old , whether of a nearer 2 S 15:34 Is 16:13 , or of a remoter past Is 44:8 ; 45:21 ; 48:3 , 5 , 7 , 8 ψ 93:2 Pr 8:2 2; ( b ) with

foll. gen. or relat. clause, as prep. or conj. = from time of, since . With subst. Ru ^2:7 מֵאָז הַבֹּקֶר from time of morning ψ 76:8 ; with infin. Ex 4:10 מֵאָז דַּבֶּרְךָ since thy speaking unto thy servant; with finite vb. Gn 39:5 Ex 5:23 וּמֵאָז בָּאתִי וג׳ and since I came unto Pharaoh, etc. 9:24 Jos 14:10 Is 14:8 Je 44:18 .

• אֲזַי S 233 TWOT 54 GK 259 = אָז ( prob. a dialectic form; cf. Aramaic אֱדַיִן )

then, in that case ψ 124:3 , 4 , 5 , in apod. after לוּלֵי : cf. אָז ψ 119:92 .

• אֶזְבָּי S 229 GK 256 n.pr.m. father of one of David’s men 1 Ch 11:37 (where

בֶּן־אֶזְבָּי = הָאַרְבִּי 2 S 23:3 5).

• אֵזֹוב S 231 TWOT 55 GK 257 n.m. 1 K 5:13 hyssop ( ^Mish. אזוב , Aramaic ܙܽܘܦܐ ( zup˒ ), Arabic زُوفَا ( zūfā ) Frey ., Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ˒azob ) Ö ὕσσωπος , herb of purging qualities, but perhaps not precise botanical term, v. Di Lv 14:6 f, also

Ke C. F. Keil. conj. conjecture(s); also conjection. Frey G. W. Freytag, Lex. Arab.;