אֵיד noun masculine^{Job 18:12} distress, calamity (under which one bends, compare Arabic burdening) Bev^{Jphil. xxvi. 302} derives from Arabic be strong [also oppress, burden], whence (or ) calamity. — ׳א Job 21:30 +; construct id. Job 31:23 +; אֵידי 2 Samuel 22:19 = Psalm 18:19 etc.; — distress, calamity (in poetry chiefly Wisdom Literature & late); Proverbs 17:5; Proverbs 27:10.

1 national calam. of Israel (apostate) Jeremiah 18:17; Ezekiel 35:5; Obadiah 13 (3 t. in verse); of Egypt Jeremiah 46:21; Moab Jeremiah 48:16; Edom (עֵשָׂו ׳א) Jeremiah 49:8; Hazor Jeremiah 49:32.

2 of righteous sufferer 2 Samuel 22:19 = Psalm 18:19 compare אֵל ׳א i.e. from God Job 31:23 & אָרְחוֺת אֵידָם Job 30:12 their calamitous paths (suffix reference to bereavement, pain, etc.)

3 often of wicked Job 18:12; Job 21:17; Job 31:3; Proverbs 1:26,27 (wisd. mocks at; "" מַּחַד) Proverbs 6:15; Proverbs 24:22; also ׳יוֺם א Deuteronomy 32:35; Job 21:30 (compare above 2 Samuel 22:19 = Psalm 18:19; Proverbs 27:10; Jeremiah 18:17; Jeremiah 46:21; Obadiah 13 (3 t. in verse) where "" יוֺם אֹבֶד יוֺם צָרה Jeremiah 46:12; Jeremiah 46:14, compare יוֺם יהוה Jeremiah 46:15).