1 Chronicles 17:16:151 Chr.17.16.W15TAB
עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃
adhalom
“until here or thus far”
- Transliteration
- AD-ha-LOM
- Extended
- ahd-hah-LOHM
- IPA
- /ʕad.hăˈloːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- until here or thus far
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
AD-ha-LOM
- clause
va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
- sentence
va-ya-VO ham-ME-lekh da-VID va-ye-SHEV lif-NE ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MER MI-a-NI ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM u-MI ve-TI KI ha-vi-o-TA-ni AD-ha-LOM
Exegesis
The adverbial construct ʿad-hālom {עַד־הֲלֹם | ʿad-hālom} ‘up to here’ marks the extent of divine guidance. English preserves the action sequence and rhetorical questions to convey David’s wonder.
Root and etymology
“up to here”
In context — 1 Chronicles 17:16
Then King David came and sat before the LORD , and he said, “Who am I, LORD God, and what is my house , that You have brought me this far?”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 17:16:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of 1 Chronicles 17:16, so the Hebrew word עַד־הֲלֹֽם׃ (adhalom) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written 1 Chr.17.16.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.17.16.W15.S1) and character.