תמיד

Where it comes from

Ernest Klein connects the term to Hebrew מוד, which is associated with מדד (“to measure”) and the Arabic مَدَّ (madda, “to stretch, prolong”). He also notes that Hommel links it to Arabic تَأْمِيد (taʔmīd, “fixing, establishing”), the verbal noun of أَمَّدَ (ʔammada). Furthermore, Klein reports that Geiger and Peres consider it a contraction of תעמיד, derived from עמד (“to stand”). Conversely, Even-Shoshan identifies מוד as the root and Arabic مَادَ (māda) as a cognate, while also mentioning that some scholars suggest it may be a contraction of תמאיד.