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עָדַן

𐤏𐤃𐤍

ʻâdan

H5727 verb

SILEX Entry

Root עדן to be soft, to be pleasant, to be delightful

Definition

To be soft or delightful; to be pleasant or luxurious, both in a physical sense ('to be soft, tender, or pleasant') and in a derived, figurative, or reflexive sense ('to live luxuriously; to enjoy delight or pleasure'). The verb encompasses physical softness/pleasantness as well as the experience or pursuit of pleasing, delightful, or luxurious living.

Semantic Range

to be soft, to be pleasant, to experience delight, to live in luxury, to luxuriate, to indulge, to delight oneself

Root / Etymology

Root ע־ד־ן (עדן), carrying the sense of 'softness, delight, pleasure'. The verb form עָדַן is a primitive root, expressing a state or process of being soft, pleasant, or delightful. From this root come derivative nouns such as עֵדֶן (ʿēden, 'delight, luxury'), as well as proper names (e.g. the toponym עֵדֶן 'Eden').

Historical & Contextual Notes

The verb עָדַן is rare in the Hebrew Bible, but its derivatives (especially עֵדֶן) are more frequent and often denote delight, pleasure, or luxury, as is seen with 'Eden' (Genesis 2–3), the garden of delight. In later biblical and post-biblical Hebrew, related forms further develop the idea of pleasurable or luxurious living. The root is distinct from others that can mean 'delight' or 'pleasure' (e.g., חָפֵץ, רָצָה) and more specifically emphasizes softness, luxuriance, or sensuous pleasure, not merely abstract satisfaction or favor. In exilic and post-exilic texts, the term may shade more toward sensual/luxurious connotations. English translations often render the verb and its derivatives as 'to delight', 'delight', or 'pleasure', but may not convey the physical/experiential undertones of softness or luxury. 'Voluptuousness' occurs in some older English translations, but this typically represents the derived or intensified sense, not the core meaning.

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

a primitive root; to be soft or pleasant; figuratively and reflexively, to live voluptuously; delight self.

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Root Family

עדן (ʿ-d-n) — softness, pleasantness, delight, luxury

Strong's Lemma SIBI-P1
H4574 מַעֲדָן luxury delicacies
H5719 עָדִין delicate woman
H5720 עָדִין Delicate One
H5721 עֲדִינָא Refined-one
H5722 עֲדִינוֹ Adino

Word Forms

1 distinct form

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 Occurrences
H5727-01 וַ/יִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ vayiteadenu HC/Vtw3mp and delighted and they delighted themselves 1

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1
H5727-01 Nehemiah 9:25 וַ/יִּֽתְעַדְּנ֖וּ vayiteadenu HC/Vtw3mp and delighted and they delighted themselves
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