עֵת
ʿēt̲

Hebrew noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning time
Literal translation time
Variants
עֵת ʿēt̲
Edited by
time temporal expression

כִּ֣י לְכׇל־חֵ֔פֶץ יֵ֖שׁ עֵ֣ת וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט כִּֽי־רָעַ֥ת הָאָדָ֖ם רַבָּ֥ה עָלָֽיו׃

kî lək̲ol-ḥēp̲eṣ yēš ʿēt̲ ûmišpāṭ kî-rāʿat̲ hāʾād̲ām rabbāh ʿālāyw.

‘For there is a time for every experience, including the doom; for a man’s calamity overwhelms him.’

— Ecclesiastes 8 6

Genre: religious text
Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). עֵת (Lemma #2571). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2571/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). עֵת (Lemma #2571). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2571/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). עֵת (Lemma #2571). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2571/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) עֵת (Lemma #2571), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2571/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2571,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {עֵת ({Lemma} #2571)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2571/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2571/},
}