אֵד

The word "אֵד" (ed) originates from the Akkadian language, where the word "edu" means "flood, eruption of water." This word itself is borrowed from the Sumerian word "a-de-a," meaning "the annual spring flood." The Sumerian word is composed of the Akkadian word for "water" - "a," the Sumerian verb indicating "pouring" - "de," and the noun suffix "a." The word "אֵד" appears in the Bible in the creation story: "But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground" (Genesis 2:6). Its original meaning was probably an eruption of water that rose from the ground, and this is how the ancient translations interpreted it. However, in later periods, the word was no longer clearly understood, and in the Middle Ages, it began to be used in the sense of steam or vapor rising from a hot liquid, which is its main meaning in modern Hebrew.