יתן
TWOT
935
(
√ of foll.;
cf.
Arabic
وَتَنَ
(watana) 2, especially of water,
وَاتِنٌ
(
wātinun
)
a permanent thing:
Ph.
ירח אתנם
CIS
I. i. 86 A
;
W
PSBA 1886 (ix), 47
)
.
•
I
.
אֵיתָן
S
386, 387
TWOT
935a, 935b
GK
419, 420
,
אֵתָן
adj.
perennial, ever- flowing,
fig.
permanent
, as
subst.
steady flow, permanence
;—
abs.
אֵיתָן
Gn 49:24
+
8 times;
אֵתָן
Jb 33:1
9;
sf.
אֵיתָנֹו
Ex 14:2
7;
pl.
אֵיתָנִים
Jb 12:1
9;
אֵתָנִים
1 K 8:2 Mi 6:
2; (in form, an ‘elative,’
Ew
§ 162 b =
Arab. compar. and superl.;—
1.
3 (
opp.
אַכְזָב
),
נַחַל אֵיתָן
Am 5:24
an 3
wādy
,
Dt 21:4
(
v. Dr
); as
subst.
in
נַהֲרֹות אֵיתָן
ψ 74:15
rivers of steady flow;
as
subst.
also
Ex 14:27
(
J
), the sea returned
לְאֵיתָנֹו
to its
steady flow
,
יֶרַח הָאֵיתָנִים
1 K 8:2
month of
steady flowings
=
7th mo., Oct.–Nov. (
post-Bibl
Tisri).
2.
fig.
permanent, enduring
גֹּוי אֵיתָן הוּא
Je
5
;1
5, i. e. a nation whose numbers never dwindle or fail,
imperishable
,
וְרִיב עֲצָמָיו א׳
Jb 33:19
Kt
the strife of his bones is
constant
,
Gn 49:24
his bow abode
בְּא׳
as an
enduring, firm
, one,
א׳ מֹושָֽׁבְךָ
Nu 24:21
(
||
שִׂים בַּסֶּלַע
),
נְזֵה אֵיתָן
Je 49:19
=
50:44
an abode of
permanency
(of Edom, and Babylon, suddenly depopulated by foe, figured as lion);
האיתנים מוסדי ארץ
Mi 6:2
ye 3 ones, the foundations of the earth (but read prob. with
We
הַאֲזִינוּ
),
Jb 12:19
אֵיתָנִים יְסַלֵּף
he subverteth them that are
firmly seated
(i.e. men established in hereditary offices or dignities). Very uncertain is
Pr 13:15
דֶּרֶךְ בֹּגְדִים אֵיתָן
, perhaps
firm, hard, rugged
(
Ew De Hi No
w: according to
Str
. the text is corrupt).
• II . אֵיתָן S 386, 387 TWOT 935a, 935b GK 419, 420 n.pr.m. a wise man 1 K 5:11 (where called הָאֶזְרָחִי ) named with הֵימָן , כַּלְכֹּל , דַּרְדַּע ; cf. 1 Ch 2:6 (where these 4 with זִמְרִי are בְּנֵי זֶרַח ); also 2:8 ; 6:27 ; called בֶּן־קִישִׁי 6:29 = בֶּן־קוּשָׁיָ˜הוּ 15:1 7, where, and v 1 9, named as Levit. singer with הֵימָן and אָסָף ( q.v. ; יְדוּתוּן for אֵיתָן in this group 1 Ch 25:1 , 6 2 Ch 5:1 2; 35:15 , v. ידותון ); לְאֵיתָן הָאֶזְרָחִי ψ 89:1 (title).
יַתְנִיאֵל
S
3496
GK
3853
v.
תנה
.
W W. Wright. post-Bibl post-Biblical. Now W. Nowack.
Str H. L. Strack.