Lexicon
עֲדִי
a.di
H5716
H:N-M Hebrew

ornament

14
Occurrences
6
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.di denotes adornment or decorative equipment, especially items worn, removed, or used to beautify.

The attested uses concern adornment: items associated with clothing, gold, jewelry, and beautification, whether put on, removed, or used figuratively. The same noun also occurs where an ornament is associated with a bit and bridle in Psalm 32:9; Psalm 103:5 does not make its specific contribution clear in the APB translation.

Senses in use

  1. Adornment and decorative equipment · dominant

    In Exodus 33:4, Exodus 33:5, and Exodus 33:6, the construct-form noun occurs in the command and response concerning ornaments that the people do not put on and then strip off. In 2 Samuel 1:24, Ezekiel 16:11, and Jeremiah 4:30, the APB renders surrounding clauses about gold, jewelry, clothing, and beautifying oneself.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the surrounding clauses with “ornaments,” and elsewhere uses “jewelry” or “ornament” in contexts of gold, dress, and beautification. In Psalm 103:5, it gives no explicit English item corresponding to the noun, so that verse does not isolate the term’s rendering.

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