עַד־יָ֣ם

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַד־יָ֣ם

   ad-YAM

   as far as the sea of
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַד־יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה

   ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA

   as far as the sea of the Arabah
3. clause🔊 ה֗וּא הֵשִׁיב֙ אֶת־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִלְּב֥וֹא חֲמָ֖ת עַד־יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה

   HU he-SHIV et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA

   he he restored or he brought back the border of Israel from the entering of Hamath as far as the sea of the Arabah
4. sentence🔊 ה֗וּא הֵשִׁיב֙ אֶת־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל מִלְּב֥וֹא חֲמָ֖ת עַד־יָ֣ם הָעֲרָבָ֑ה כִּדְבַ֤ר יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֗ר בְּיַד־עַבְדּ֞וֹ יוֹנָ֤ה בֶן־אֲמִתַּי֙ הַנָּבִ֔יא אֲשֶׁ֖ר מִגַּ֥ת הַחֵֽפֶר׃

   HU he-SHIV et-ge-VUL yis-ra-EL mil-le-VO kha-MAT ad-YAM ha-a-ra-VA kid-VAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL a-SHER dib-BER be-YAD-av-DO yo-NA ben-a-mit-TAI ha-na-VI a-SHER mig-GAT ha-KHE-fer

   he he restored or he brought back the border of Israel from the entering of Hamath as far as the sea of the Arabah according to the word of the LORD the God of Israel which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah son of Amittai the prophet who from Gath Hepher

Exegesis

The spatial expressions millevo ḥamat {מִלְּבֹוא חֲמָת | mil-le-ḇōʾ ḥă-māṯ} ‘from the entrance of Hamath’ and ad-yam ha-aravah {עַד־יָם הָעֲרָבָה | ʿad-yām hā-ʿă-rā-ḇâ} ‘until the Sea of the Arabah’ define northern and southern limits.