איתן

⁧אֵיתָן⁩ • (Ētán) m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Ethan

⁧אֵיתָן⁩ • (ētán) (feminine ⁧אֵיתָנָה⁩, masculine plural ⁧אֵיתָנִים⁩, feminine plural ⁧אֵיתָנוֹת⁩)

1. strong, firm, enduring, permanent
   • Tanach, Numbers 24:21, with translation of the New International Version:

     ⁧וַיַּרְא֙ אֶת־הַקֵּינִ֔י וַיִּשָּׂ֥א מְשָׁלֹ֖ו וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֵיתָן֙ מֹֽושָׁבֶ֔ךָ וְשִׂ֥ים בַּסֶּ֖לַע קִנֶּֽךָ׃⁩

     Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his message: “Your dwelling place is secure, your nest is set in a rock;"

2. ever-flowing, running (as water)
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 21:4, with translation of the New International Version:

     ⁧וְהֹורִ֡דוּ זִקְנֵי֩ הָעִ֨יר הַהִ֤וא אֶת־הָֽעֶגְלָה֙ אֶל־נַ֣חַל אֵיתָ֔ן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־יֵעָבֵ֥ד בֹּ֖ו וְלֹ֣א יִזָּרֵ֑עַ וְעָֽרְפוּ־שָׁ֥ם אֶת־הָעֶגְלָ֖ה בַּנָּֽחַל׃⁩

     and lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and where there is a flowing stream. There in the valley they are to break the heifer's neck.

• “⁧איתן⁩” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

⁧איתן⁩ • (itán) (m ⁧איתם⁩)

1. excessive spelling of ⁧אִתָּן⁩: form of ⁧אֶת⁩ (ét) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object: with them.

• ⁧תנאי⁩