עַ֠ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַ֠ד

   AD

   until
2. clause🔊 עַ֠ד י֧וֹם תתן־תֵּת־יְהוָ֛ה גֶּ֖שֶׁם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

   AD YOM ti-TEN-TET-ye-ho-VAH GE-shem al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA

   until day the LORD gives rain upon the face of the ground
3. sentence🔊 כִּ֣י כֹה֩ אָמַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּ֤ד הַקֶּ֙מַח֙ לֹ֣א תִכְלָ֔ה וְצַפַּ֥חַת הַשֶּׁ֖מֶן לֹ֣א תֶחְסָ֑ר עַ֠ד י֧וֹם תתן־תֵּת־יְהוָ֛ה גֶּ֖שֶׁם עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה׃

   KI KHO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL KAD ha-KE-makh LO tikh-LA ve-tsap-PA-khat ha-SHE-men LO tekh-SAR AD YOM ti-TEN-TET-ye-ho-VAH GE-shem al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA

   for thus said the LORD God of Israel jar of the flour not will be finished and the jug of the oil not will be lacking until day the LORD gives rain upon the face of the ground

Exegesis

The temporal limit ad yom {עַד יוֹם | ʿad yôm} introduces an endpoint, and the maqqef-bound complex teten-tet-YHWH {תתן־תֵּת־יְהוָה | titten-tēt-Yəhōwāh} combines an imperfect with an infinitive absolute to express certainty (“will surely give”), focusing the promise on a decisive divine act.