magnitude or degree):
a.
(so mostly) as
adv. acc
., qualifying both adjj. and obs.,
Gn 1:31
טֹוב מְאֹד
good
exceedingly
,
4:5
וַיִּחַר לְקַיִן מְאֹד
and Cain was wroth
exceedingly
,
7:18
וַיִּגְבְּרוּ הַמַּיִם וַיִּרְבּוּ מְאֹד
,
12:14
;
13:2
וְאַבְרָם כָּבֵד מְאֹד בַּמִּקְנֶה
,
v
13
חַטָּאִים לי׳ מאד
,
18:20
;
19:3
,
9
;
21:11
;
24:16
,
35
,
+
often,
ψ 46:2
נִמְצָא מְאֹד עֶזְרָה בְצָרֹות
as a help in troubles, to be found (
=
present)
exceedingly;
with an
inf.
Is 47:9
בְּעָצְמַת חֲבָרַיִךְ מְאֹד
despite of thy spells being
very
numerous,
Jos 9:13
מֵרֹב הַדֶּרֶךְ מְאֹד
,
1 K 7:47
;
הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד
Gn 15:1
;
41:49 Dt 3:5
+, for which in the later language is found
לָרֹב מְאֹד
Zc 14:14 2 Ch 4:1
8;
9:9
(in
1 K 10:10
הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד
),
24:24
;
30:13
, and even
לְהַרְבֵּה מְאֹד
2 Ch 11:1
2;
16:8
.
מְאֹד
is not usually separated from the word it qualifies by more than one or two words (as
Gn 20:8
האנשׁים מאד וייראו
,
Nu 11:10
ויחר אף י׳ מאד
); see, however,
Dt 30:14 Ju 12:2 2 S 12:5 1 K 11:19
ψ 31:12
. It precedes its verb,
ψ 47:10
מְאֹד נַעֲלָה
(hence
97:9
),
92:6
.
b.
עַד־מְאֹד
up to abundance, to a great degree, exceedingly
,
Gn 27:33
עַד־מ׳ חֲרָדָה גְּדֹלָה
,
v
34 1 S 11:15
עד מ׳
וישׂמח
,
25:36
שִׁכֹּר עַד־מ׳ וְהוּא
,
2 S 2:17 1 K 1:4 Is 64:8
(
cf.
La 5:2
2),
v
11
ψ 38:7
,
9
;
119:8
,
43
,
51
,
107 Dn 8:
8;
11:25
.
c.
עַד־לִמְאֹד
(
v.
עַד לְ
)
2 Ch 16:1
4.
d.
duplicated (
Ges
§ 133 k),
Gn 7:19
וְהַמַּיִם גָּֽבְרוּ מ׳ מ׳
,
30:43 Nu 14:7 1 K 7:47 2 K 10:4 Ez 37:1
0.
e.
בִּמְאֹד מְאֹד
lit.
with muchness, muchness
,
Gn 17:2
,
6
,
20 Ex 1:7
(all
P
),
Ez 9:9
;
16:13
.
מֵאָה
S
3967, 3968
TWOT
1135
GK
4395, 4396583
n.f.
hundred
(
NH id.;
MI
20
מאתן
(
du.
);
SI
5 מאת
,
מאתים
(
du.
);
Ph.
מאת
,
מאתם
(
du.
); Assyrian
mê
(prob.,
Dl
§ 75),
adv.
adverb.
acc.
accusative (direct
obj.
etc.)
v
verse.
+
plus, denotes often that other passages, etc., might be cited. So also where the forms of verbs, nouns, and adjectives are illustrated by citations, near the beginning of articles; while etc. in such connexions commonly indicates that other forms of the word occur, which it has not been thought worth while to cite.
=
equivalent, equals.
inf.
Infinitive.
Ges
W. Gesenius, Heb. Gram. ed. by Kautzsch;
P
Priests Code or Narrative.
f.
feminine,
feminae.
NH
New (Late) Hebrew.
MI
Mesha-Inscription.
du.
dubious, doubtful.
I .