ed denotes airborne moisture that rises from the ground or is associated with distilled rain.

The term describes moisture in the air: in Genesis 2:6 it rises from the land and waters the ground, while in Job 36:27 it is the setting into which rain is distilled.

1. Airborne moisture linked with watering and rain · dominant

   In Genesis 2:6, the absolute singular form occurs in the clause where moisture goes up from the land and waters the whole ground; the APB renders the verse, “And a mist went up from the land and watered the whole face of the ground.” In Job 36:27, the construct singular form occurs in a statement about drops of water being drawn off and rain being distilled; the APB renders this as rain distilled “into his mist.”

   Genesis 2:6Job 36:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “mist” in Genesis 2:6 and again in Job 36:27. Its wording confirms the verses' moisture-and-rain setting rather than isolating every contribution of the Hebrew form.