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Jeremiah 8:1

“At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עֵתʻêth · ayth
H6256 · Hebrew

Definition: time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
Derivation: from H5703 (עַד);
KJV renderings: [phrase] after, (al-) ways, [idiom] certain, [phrase] continually, [phrase] evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-) tide, (meal-), what) time, when.
Grammar: בָּ — preposition with definite article
עֵ֣ת — common noun, both genders, singular, absolute
Code HRd/Ncbsa
Usage: Occurs 296 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 8:11 Genesis 18:10 Genesis 18:14 Genesis 21:22 Genesis 24:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֵת here.

Verse 2

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.