עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה

   ad-le-ma-a-LA

   up to upwardness or exceedingly
2. clause🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלוֹשִׁ֨ים וָתֵ֤שַׁע לְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙ בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ

   va-ye-khe-LE a-SA bish-NA-t she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha le-mal-khu-TO be-rag-LA-v ad-le-ma-a-LA khal-YO

   and he became sick Asa in the year of thirty and nine of his reign or of his kingship in his feet up to upwardness or exceedingly his sickness
3. sentence🔊 וַיֶּחֱלֶ֣א אָסָ֡א בִּשְׁנַת֩ שְׁלוֹשִׁ֨ים וָתֵ֤שַׁע לְמַלְכוּתוֹ֙ בְּרַגְלָ֔יו עַד־לְמַ֖עְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ וְגַם־בְּחָלְיוֹ֙ לֹא־דָרַ֣שׁ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֖י בָּרֹפְאִֽים׃

   va-ye-khe-LE a-SA bish-NA-t she-lo-SHIM va-TE-sha le-mal-khu-TO be-rag-LA-v ad-le-ma-a-LA khal-YO ve-gam-be-khal-YO lo-da-RASH et-ye-ho-VAH KI ba-ro-fe-IM

   and he became sick Asa in the year of thirty and nine of his reign or of his kingship in his feet up to upwardness or exceedingly his sickness and also in his sickness he did not seek the LORD for or but rather in the healers or in the physicians

Exegesis

The locative phrase be-raglāyw {בְּרַגְלָיו | bə-raglāyw} ‘in his feet’ specifies where the illness appeared, followed by the degree clause ʿad-lə-maʿālā ḥālyō {עַד־לְמַעְלָה חָלְי֑וֹ | ʿad-lə-maʿālā ḥālyō} ‘until his sickness became very severe’, using ʿad to mark intensity.