עָדַף

עָדַף(b. h.) (to be lax, hang over, to be abundant; to be larger, more, better. Sifra Kdosh. beg. יכול שכבוד האב עוֹדֵףוכ׳ you might think that honoring the father was more important than Yalk. Ps. 876 יַעֲדֹף, v. עָדִיף h. Midd. IV, 7 האולם עוֹדֵף עליווכ׳ the hall extended beyond it (the Hekhal) fifteen cubits to the north Y.R. Hash. II, 58b top (read:) אילו אמר בעיבור הייתי אומר … שההמה עוֹדֶפֶתוכ׳ if he had said b‘ibbur (by intercalation), I might have said, this refers to the eleven days by which the solar year is larger than the lunar year. Erub.83a סאה של ירושלמית עודפתוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. יתירה) the Jerusalem Sah is larger than … by ; a. e. Hif. הֶעְדִּיף to do more (than enough); to be liberal. Kidd.63a, a. e. תַעְדִּיף יתרוכ׳ she might do more work for him than is due to him. Tosef.B. Mets. IV, 14 אע״פ שמַעְדִּיפִין זה על זה although one of the partners does more business than the other (they are liberal towards one another). Y.Dem.V, 24c המַעְדִּיף על מעשרותיו he who adds to his tithes (gives more than one-tenth; Tosef. ib. VIII, 13 המרבה במעשרות); a. e.