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Genesis 49:27

Builder-of-Right is a wolf, he is tearing-to-pieces, in the Dawn he is eating a perpetual witness,1379 and to the Dusk he is dividing the plunder.`

Footnote:

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Strong’s #5706,עד ad. Said to mean "prey". This signification is labeled as such by scholars in three places, Genesis 49:27, Isaiah 33:23, and Zephaniah 3:8,

“Therefore wait for myself, and an utterance of He Is, to the Day of standing-up myself to the repeating one/witness.”

Nouns:

  • #5706 "prey"
  • #5707 "witness, testimony"

Thought by some to be from the root #5709 עדא to pass on, advance, adorn

It is contracted from the root is Strongs #5749 עוֹד which means to go around, repeat, do again

The noun Strongs #5750 עוֹד a repetition, going around, a repeat

This forms the basis of the words "witness, or testimony" (cf. #5713, #5707)