1 Kings 18:45:21 Kgs.18.45.W2TAB
עַד־כֹּ֣ה
adko
“until thus or as far as this”
- Transliteration
- ad-KO
- Extended
- ahd-KOH
- IPA
- /ʕaðˈkoː/
Meaning by language
- English
- until thus or as far as this
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 | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-KO
- phraseyour reading level
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO
- clause
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL
- sentence
va-ye-HI ad-KO ve-ad-KO ve-ha-sha-MA-yim hit-kad-de-RU a-VIM ve-RU-akh va-ye-HI GE-shem ga-DOL va-yir-KAV akh-AV va-YE-lekh yiz-re-e-LA
Exegesis
The idiomatic ad-ko ve-ad-ko {עַד־כֹּה וְעַד־כֹּה | ʿad-kō wə-ʿad-kō} ‘meanwhile’ establishes a temporal framework.
In context — 1 Kings 18:45
And it happened, meanwhile, that the heavens became dark with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain ; and Ahab rode and went to Jezreel.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 18:45:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of 1 Kings 18:45, so the Hebrew word עַד־כֹּ֣ה (adko) 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 Kgs.18.45.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.18.45.W2.S1) and character.