1 Kings 19:8:121 Kgs.19.8.W12TAB
עַ֛ד
ad
“until”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ʕað/
Meaning by language
- English
- until
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AD
- clause
va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
- sentence
va-YA-kam va-YO-khal va-yish-TE va-YE-lekh be-KHO-akh ha-a-khi-LA ha-HI ar-ba-IM YOM ve-ar-ba-IM LAI-la AD HAR ha-e-lo-HIM kho-REV
Exegesis
Finally, ʿad {עַ֛ד | ʿad} functions as a directional goal marker, and ha-ʾĕlōhīm {הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים | hā-ʾĕ-lō-hîm} highlights the sacred destination, Horeb.
In context — 1 Kings 19:8
He rose, ate, and drank; then, strengthened by that food, he journeyed forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God .
About this coordinate
1 Kings 19:8:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Kings 19:8, so the Hebrew word עַ֛ד (ad) 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.19.8.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.19.8.W12.S1) and character.