noun feminine testimony; — ׳ע absolute Exodus 16:34 +, construct Psalm 19:8 +; plural suffix עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ Psalm 119:14 +, עֵדְוֺתָיו Jeremiah 44:23 4t.; —

1 testimony of the Ten Words on the tables as a solemn divine charge, ׳לֻחֹת הע Exodus 31:18; Exodus 32:15; Exodus 34:29 (P), ׳הע Exodus 25:16,21; Exodus 40:20 (P); ark as containing tables, ׳אֲרוֺן הע Exodus 25:22; Exodus 26:33,34; Exodus 30:6,26; Exodus 39:35; Exodus 40:3,5,21; Numbers 4:5; Numbers 7:89 (all P), Joshua 4:16 (J E; Kue הברית [against him Di], so Benn Steuern), ׳הארן לע Exodus 31:7 (P); abbreviated ׳לִפְנֵי הע Exodus 16:34; Exodus 30:36; Numbers 17:19; Numbers 17:25 (P); ׳עַל הע Exodus 27:21 (= ׳הע Leviticus 24:3), Lev 30:6; Leviticus 16:13 (P); tabernacle as containing ark of testimony, ׳משׁכן הע tabernacle of the testimony Exodus 38:21; Numbers 1:50,53 (twice in verse); Numbers 10:11 (P); so ׳אֹהֶל הע Numbers 9:15; Numbers 17:22; Numbers 17:23; Numbers 18:2 (P) 2 Chronicles 24:6.

2 the code of law in General (late), as a testimony of God: Psalm 19:8; Psalm 119:88; Psalm 122:4; "" תּוֺרָה Psalm 78:5; "" חֹק Psalm 81:6. In titles, עַלֿ ׳שׁוּשַׁן ע Psalm 60:1, ׳אֶלשֹֿׁשַׁנּ֑ים ע Psalm 80:1 = melody whose first line compare law as testimony to a choice flower. Special laws of the code are denoted by plural; + חֻקּוֺת etc. 1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:3 2Chronicles 34:31 (+ חקים etc.), Jeremiah 44:23; חֻקִּים etc. 1 Chronicles 29:19; מִצְוֺת Nehemiah 9:34; plural of contents of covenant 2 Kings 17:15; plural elsewhere Psalm 119:14; Psalm 119:31; Psalm 119:36; Psalm 119:99; Psalm 119:111; Psalm 119:129; Psalm 119:144; Psalm 119:157. See also III.[[עֵדָה]. — For הָעֵדוּת 2 Kings 11:12 2Chronicles 23:11 read probably הַצְּעָדוֺת (compare 2 Samuel 1:10 We and others).