גן עדן

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גַּן עֵדֶן • (gan 'éden) m

1. (Abrahamism) Garden of Eden
   • Tanach, Genesis 2:15, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיִּקַּ֛ח יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיַּנִּחֵ֣הוּ בְגַן־עֵ֔דֶן לְעׇבְדָ֖הּ וּלְשׇׁמְרָֽהּ׃

     Va-yokákh YHWH elohím et-ha-'adám vayanikhehú be-gan-'éden le-'avdáh u-le-shamráh.

     And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

• → Judeo-Tat: gənⱨidin, gənⱨidim
• → Yiddish: גן־עדן (gan-eydn)

גַּן עֵדֶן • (gan 'éden) m (plural indefinite גַּנֵּי עֵדֶן)

1. (colloquial) a paradise, an ideal place

The etymological sense of Ancient Hebrew גַּן עֵדֶן may be "protected abode", or "defended place of remaining"; see the etymologies of the constituent members of this term for elaboration.