לַמּוֹעֵד֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לַמּוֹעֵד֙

   lam-mo-ED

   for the appointed time
2. clause🔊 וייחל וַיּ֣וֹחֶל שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים לַמּוֹעֵד֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וְלֹא־בָ֥א שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל

   va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL

   and he waited and he waited seven of days for the appointed time which Samuel and did not come Samuel to Gilgal
3. sentence🔊 וייחל וַיּ֣וֹחֶל שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֗ים לַמּוֹעֵד֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל וְלֹא־בָ֥א שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל הַגִּלְגָּ֑ל וַיָּ֥פֶץ הָעָ֖ם מֵעָלָֽיו׃

   va-yi-KHAL va-yo-KHEL shiv-AT ya-MIM lam-mo-ED a-SHER she-mu-EL ve-LO-VA she-mu-EL ha-gil-GAL va-ya-FETS ha-AM me-la-AV

   and he waited and he waited seven of days for the appointed time which Samuel and did not come Samuel to Gilgal and scattered the people from upon him

Exegesis

The prepositional phrase lamoʿed {לַמּוֹעֵד֙ | la·mō·ʿēḏ} ‘to the appointed time’ specifies a temporal boundary, linked by the relative pronoun asher {אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾă·šer} to Shmuʾel {שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל | šə·mū·ʾēl}.

Root and etymology

y-ʿ-d🔊 י־ע־דyod–ayin–dalet

“appointed time”

• 🔊 יַעַדya'adto appointExodus 9:5