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עֲדַף

adaf · have left over

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5736 · appears 9 times in the Bible

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What it means

adaf (עֲדַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “have left over”.

Be left over, have more than needed.

How to say it

a·daf

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To remain unused after measuring or sharing out; the excess.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • remains ×3
  • left over ×2
  • those in excess ×2
  • remainder ×1
  • who are in excess ×1

Where it appears

  • Exodus 16:18

    But when they measured it with the omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little had no lack; each gathered according to what he could eat.

  • Exodus 16:23

    He said to them, “This is what YHWH has said: ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to YHWH. What you will bake, bake; and what you will boil, boil; and all that is left over put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.’ ”

  • Exodus 26:12

    As for the overhang that remains in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains shall hang over the back of the dwelling.

  • Exodus 26:13

    And the cubit on this side and the cubit on that side, of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall hang over the sides of the dwelling on this side and on that side to cover it.

  • Leviticus 25:27

    he shall calculate the years since his sale and give back the remainder to the man to whom he sold it, and he shall return to his possession.

  • Numbers 3:46

    And as the ransom for the two hundred seventy-three of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess of the Levites,

  • Numbers 3:48

    And you shall give the silver to Aaron and to his sons as the ransom for those in excess among them.”

  • Numbers 3:49

    So Moses took the ransom silver from those in excess beyond those ransomed by the Levites.

And 1 more times.