עֵד H5707

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witness

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witness

Note

The heap and the stone as witness (31:44–52), Elohim as witness (31:50). One root with the feminine עֵדָה "witness" (H5713)

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Occurrences (4)

31:44 And now, go, let us cut a covenant, I and you, and it shall be for a witness between me and between you."
31:48 And Laban said, "This heap is witness between me and between you this day." Therefore he called its name Galeed,
31:50 If you afflict my daughters, and if you take women besides my daughters—there is no man with us—see, Elohim is witness between me and between you."
31:52 Witness is this heap, and witness is the standing stone, that I, I will not pass over to you this heap, and that you, you will not pass over to me this heap and this standing stone, for bad.