אֲזַי , [אֱדַי ], prob. from same demonstr. √ as זֶה , דָּא , דִּי , etc., إِذْ , إِذَا (˒iḏ, ˒iḏā ), lo , إِذًا ( ˒iḏan ) well then, in that case , Ethiopic ( mā˒əze ) when ? ( yə˒əze ) now ( Di Lex. 197, 1072 ), Syriac ( deyn ) (enclitic) but ) ; then, thereupon , Dn 2:15 , 17 , 19 , 25 , 48 ; 3:24 +, Ezr 4:9 , 23 ; 5:4 , 9 + (always, except Ezr 5:5 , at beginning of sentence, introducing new stage of narrative with
some emph.); so c. בְּ , בֵּאדַיִן (3 times Ezr., 26 times Dn) Dn 2:14 , 35 , 46 ; 3:3 ,
13
,
19
,
21
,
26
, etc.,
Ezr 4:24
;
5:2
;
6:1
;
מִן־אֱדַיִן
from that time
Ezr 5:1
6.
אֲדָר
S
143, 144
TWOT
2559
GK
160
(
K
§
57a
)
n.
pr.
12th month
(
BH id.
)
;
Ezr 6:15
.
[ אִדַּר S 147 TWOT 2560 K § 59 c) ] n.m. threshing-floor ( T id. , Syriac ( ˒edro ), cf. Chr-Pal. Schulth Lex. 3; hence Arabic أَنْدَرٌ ( ˒andarun ) as loan-word Frä 136; conj. on etym. Lag Ges . Abh. 10 Hoffm LCB 1882, 320 Jen ZA vii (1892),
210
)
;
pl. cstr.
אִדְּרֵי־קַיִט
Dn 2:3
5.
[ אֲדַרְגָּזַר S 148 TWOT 2561 ] n.m. counsellor ( Pers. loan-word = andaržaghar Nö COT Dn 3: 2, Tabari 462 Andr M 51 Str 42 Dr Scheft ii. 57; Mey Entst. J. 25
questions, and thinks military title
)
;
pl.
emph.
אֲדַרְגָּֽזְרַיָּא
Dn 3:
2,
3
.
GGA Göttingsche Gelehrte Anzeigen . Di A. Dillmann.
Chr-Pal. Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. Schulth F. Schulthess, Lexicon d. Chr. Pal. Aramäischen . Frä S. Fränkel, and (usually) circa., Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen . conj. conjecture(s); also conjection.
Lag P. de Lagarde.
Ges W. Gesenius. Hoffm G. Hoffmann.
LCB Litterarisches Centralblatt. Jen P. Jensen.
ZA Zeitschr. für Assyriologie . cstr. construct.
Pers. Persian.
COT The Cuneiform Inscr. & the Old Test. (Eng. Trans. of KAT 2;, by O.H. Whitehouse).
Andr Andreas, in Martis Aramaic Grammatik . Dr S. R. Driver.
Scheft Scheftelowitz, usually = Scheft, Arisches im A. T.;