BDB3847
I. אֵיתָן, אֵתָן adjective perennial, ever-flowing, figurative permanent, as substantive steady flow, permanence; — absolute אֵיתָן Gen 49:24 + 8 t.; אֵתָן Job 33:19 suffix אֵיתָנוֺ Exod 14:27 plural אֵיתָנִים Job 12:19 אֵתָנִים 1Kgs 8:2; Mic 6:2 (in form, an 'elative,' Ew§ 162 b = Arabic comparative and superlative); —
1.
ever-flowing (opposed to אַכְזָב), נַחַל אֵיתָן
Amos 5:24 an
ever-flowing wady, Deut 21:4 (see Dr); as substantive in
נַהֲרוֺת אֵיתָּן
Ps 74:15
rivers of steady flow; as substantive also Exod 14:27 (
J
), the sea returned לְאֵיתָנוֺ to its steady flow,
יֶרַת הָאֵיתָנִים
1Kgs 8:2 month of
steady flowings = 7th mo., Oct.-;Nov. (post-Biblical Tisri).
2.
figurative
permanent, enduring
גּוֺי אֵיתָן הוּא
Jer 5:15, i.e.
a nation whose numbers never dwindle or fail, imperishable, ׳
וְרִיב עֲצָמָיו א
Job 33:19
Kt
the strife of his bones is constant, Gen 49:24 his bow abode ׳
בְּא as an enduring, firm, one, מוֺשָֽׁבְךָ
׳
א
Num 24:21
(|| שִׂים בַּסֶּלַע), נְוֵה אֵיתָן
Jer 49:19
= Jer 50:44
an abode of permanency (of Edom, and Babylon, suddenly depopulated by foe, figured
as lion); האיתנים מוסדי ארץ
Mic 6:2 ye
ever-enduring ones, the foundations of the earth (but read probably with We
הַאֲזִינוּ), Job 12:19
אֵיתָנִים יְסַלֵּף he subverteth them that are firmly seated (i.e. men
established in hereditary offices or dignities). Very uncertain is Prov 13:15
דֶּרֶךְ בִּגְדִים אֵיתָן, perhaps firm, hard, rugged (Ew
De
Hi
Now according to
Str. the text is corrupt).