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od

עוֹד

HebrewH5750still, yet, ...

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Gen 4:25Gen 7:4Gen 8:10Gen 8:12 (2×)Gen 8:21 (2×)Gen 8:22Gen 9:11 (2×)Gen 9:15Gen 17:5Gen 18:22Gen 18:29Gen 19:12Gen 24:20Gen 25:6Gen 29:9Gen 29:27Gen 31:14Gen 40:13Gen 40:19Gen 43:6Gen 43:7Gen 43:27Gen 43:28Gen 44:14Gen 45:3Gen 45:6Gen 46:30Gen 48:7Gen 48:15Exo 4:18Exo 9:2Exo 9:17Num 11:33Num 22:30Deu 31:27Jos 1:11Jos 14:11Jdg 6:24Jdg 8:20Rut 1:111Sa 13:71Sa 18:81Sa 20:142Sa 3:352Sa 12:222Sa 14:322Sa 18:141Ki 1:141Ki 1:221Ki 1:42
Word studyohdadverb

What od means

still, yet, again: a small word that marks something as continuing, repeating, or being added on

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This is one of the most common little words in the Hebrew Bible, and it does a single basic job: it points to something that keeps going, happens once more, or gets added to what is already there. Out of one idea, continuance, it fans into the everyday English words still, yet, again, more, further, and besides. The thread running through all of them is that a thing has not stopped, or that there is more of it.

Which English word fits depends on the direction the sentence is looking. Looking at a state that has not ended, it means still or yet: the rain was still falling, he is yet alive. Looking forward to a fresh instance, it means again or more: she bore a son again, give me more. Looking at a total, it means besides or in addition: have you any other relative here.

A special use clamps the word to a person or thing with a small ending (him, her, them, you, me) to mean while that one is still in a certain state: while Joseph was still alive, while the lamp is still burning. This is the same continuance idea, now timed against a moment in the story, and the storytellers of Genesis and Samuel lean on it constantly.

The senses shade into one another, so translators move freely among still, yet, again, and more, and a single Hebrew word can be rendered many ways across English Bibles without any change in the underlying meaning.

Nuances

1astill, yet: a state or action has not ended but continues at the moment in view
Gen 8:22Gen 18:22Gen 29:7Gen 43:27Gen 43:28Gen 45:3Gen 45:26Gen 46:30Job 2:3Job 27:3Psa 104:33Psa 146:2
1bagain, more, further: a fresh instance or added amount of something
Gen 4:25Gen 8:10Gen 8:12 (2×)Gen 8:21 (2×)Gen 9:11 (2×)Gen 9:15Gen 18:29Gen 30:7Gen 35:9Gen 37:5Gen 38:5Gen 45:6
1cbesides, in addition: another one beyond those already counted
Gen 19:12Gen 25:6Deu 4:35Deu 4:391Sa 16:112Sa 9:12Sa 9:31Ki 8:601Ki 22:71Ki 22:82Ki 4:62Ch 18:6
1dwhile still: a small ending attaches a person or thing to mark an action as happening while that one remains in a certain state
Gen 7:4Gen 18:22Gen 29:9Gen 43:28Gen 44:14Gen 46:30Exo 9:17Num 11:33Jos 14:11Jdg 6:241Sa 13:71Sa 20:14

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12 verses
Gen 29:27Gen 31:14Gen 40:13Gen 40:19Gen 43:6Gen 43:7Gen 48:7Gen 48:15Exo 4:18Exo 9:2Num 22:30Deu 31:27

What scholars say about od

The standard lexica (BDB, HALOT, DCH) treat עוֹד as a single substantive-turned-adverb whose root sense is iteration or continuance, derived from the root meaning to return or repeat. They organize the data along two axes that the senses below reflect: continuance in time or state (still, yet, as long as) and repetition or addition (again, more, further, besides). The construct-with-suffix forms (עוֹדֶנּוּ and the like) are uniformly read as the durative idiom while he/it is still, a temporal frame anchoring an action to an ongoing state, especially frequent in the narrative of Genesis through Kings. None of the major lexica posit homonymy here: the range is the expected spread of one continuance word, and the English variety is a translation matter, not a sign of separate roots.

Sources

  • BDB, s.v. עוֹדlexicon
  • HALOT, s.v. עוֹדlexicon
  • DCH, s.v. עוֹדlexicon

All attested forms of עוֹד

m s absolute

עוֹד, עֹד

Gen 4:25, Gen 8:10, Gen 8:12, Gen 8:12, Gen 8:21, Gen 8:21, Gen 9:11, Gen 9:11

conj

וְעוֹד, בְּעוֹד, הַעוֹד, בְּעוֹדִ, בְּעוֹדֶ, הַעוֹדֶ, עֹד, בְּעוֹדָ, הַעוֹדָ, וּבְעוֹד, וְעוֹדְ, וְעוֹדִ, וְעוֹדֶ, מֵעוֹדְ, מֵעוֹדִ, עֹדֶ

Gen 45:6, 1Sa 18:8, 1Ch 29:3, 2Ch 17:6, 2Ch 20:33, 2Ch 27:2, 2Ch 28:17, 2Ch 32:16

m s construct

עוֹדֶנּוּ, עֹדֶנּוּ

Gen 18:22, Gen 29:9, Gen 43:28, Gen 44:14, Num 11:33, Jdg 6:24, Jdg 8:20, 1Sa 13:7

m s construct

עוֹדְךָ, עֹדְךָ

Gen 46:30, Exo 9:17, Job 2:9

m s construct

עוֹד

Gen 7:4, Gen 29:27

m s construct

עוֹדֶנִּי

Jos 14:11, 1Sa 20:14

m p construct

עוֹדֵינוּ

Lam 4:17

m s construct

עוֹדָךְ

1Ki 1:14

m s construct

עוֹדֶנָּה

1Ki 1:22

m s construct

עוֹדָם

Est 6:14