אֵד m. (b. h., an apocopated form of אדע, cmp. זוע, אדיותא, נֹאד) vapor, cloud. Gen. R. s. 13 (homil. etym.). אד שהוא שובר אידן וכ׳ cloud is called ēd (destroyer) because it breaks the ēd (distress of scarcity) looked forward to by the speculators in the market. V. אֵיד.
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אֵד m. (b. h., an apocopated form of אדע , cmp. זוע , אדיותא , נֹאד ) vapor, cloud . Gen. R. s. 13 (homil. etym.). אד שהוא שובר אידן וכ׳ cloud is…
References
- Jastrow, זוּעַ 1
- Jastrow, אַדָּיוּתָא 1
- Jastrow, נֹאד 1
- Bereishit Rabbah 13:12
- Jastrow, אֵיד 1