1 Chronicles 21:2:111 Chr.21.2.W11TAB
וְעַד־דָּ֑ן
veaddan
“and as far as Dan”
- Transliteration
- ve-ad-DAN
- Extended
- veh-ahd-DAAN
- IPA
- /vəʕadˈdaːn/
Meaning by language
- English
- and as far as Dan
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ve-ad-DAN
- clause
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN
- sentence
va-YO-mer da-VID el-yo-AV ve-el-sa-RE ha-AM le-KHU sif-RU et-yis-ra-EL mib-be-ER SHE-va ve-ad-DAN ve-ha-VI-u E-lai ve-ed-a et-mis-pa-RAM
Exegesis
The object marker ʾet {אֶת־ | ʾet} marks Yiśrāʾēl {יִשְׂרָאֵל | Yiśrāʾēl} ‘Israel’ as the scope, while the merismus mib-bēr še-vāʿ wə-ʻad Dān {מִבְּאֵר שֶׁבַע וְעַד־דָּן | mib-bēr še-vāʿ wə-ʻad Dān} expresses the full territory from Beersheba to Dan.
In context — 1 Chronicles 21:2
And David said to Joab and to the commanders of the people, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring it to me so that I may know their number.”
About this coordinate
1 Chronicles 21:2:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of 1 Chronicles 21:2, so the Hebrew word וְעַד־דָּ֑ן (veaddan) 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.21.2.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Chr.21.2.W11.S1) and character.