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

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    AD

  2. 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

  3. 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 context1 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.