Lexicon
עָדַף
a.daph
H5736
H:V Hebrew

to remain

9
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.daph denotes what is left beyond an amount or allotment, including an overhanging remainder of material.

The dominant use identifies a surplus or remainder after measuring, setting aside, calculating, or distinguishing persons beyond a corresponding group. In the tabernacle instructions, the same idea describes curtain material extending over the structure.

Senses in use

  1. Surplus or remainder beyond a measure · dominant

    In Exodus 16:18, the form occurs in the report that the one gathering much had nothing left over; Exodus 16:23 speaks of what is left over to be kept until morning. Leviticus 25:27 places the term in calculating and returning an excess, while Numbers 3:46, Numbers 3:48, and Numbers 3:49 identify persons remaining over the Levites in connection with redemption silver.

  2. Material extending over a structure · occasional

    In Exodus 26:12, the forms occur with the remaining tent curtains, whose excess is said in the APB to “overrun upon the back of the tabernacle.” Exodus 26:13 likewise describes remaining curtain length that “shall overrun” the sides to cover them.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the clauses with “left over,” “excess,” “remain over,” “remaining,” and “overrun.” These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed English renderings of the term.

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