1 Samuel 22:3:131 Sam.22.3.W13TAB
עַ֚ד
ad
“until”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ʕad/
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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Word in context
- word
AD
- clause
va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM mits-PE mo-AV va-YO-mer el-ME-lekh mo-AV ye-TSE-NA a-VI ve-im-MI it-te-KHEM AD a-SHER e-DA ma-ya-a-SE-LI e-lo-HIM
Exegesis
The temporal subordinate clause introduced by ’ad ’ăšer ’ê-ḏa‘ {עַד אֲשֶׁר אֵדַע | ’ad ’ăšer ’ê-ḏa‘} ‘until I know’ establishes a conditional timeframe.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:3
And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab, and he said to the king of Moab, “Please let my father and my mother stay with you until I know what God will do for me.”
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:3:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 1 Samuel 22:3, so the Hebrew word עַ֚ד (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 Sam.22.3.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.3.W13.S1) and character.