2 Kings 14:7:132 Kgs.14.7.W13TAB

עַ֖ד

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-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

  3. sentence

    HU-HI-ka et-e-DOM be-GE-a-ha-me-lakh ME-lakh a-SE-ret a-la-FIM ve-ta-FAS et-ha-SE-la ba-mil-kha-MA va-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE

Exegesis

The temporal clause ʿad hayyōm hazzēh {עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה | ʿad hayyōm hazzēh} ‘until this day’ underscores the enduring character of this designation.

Root and etymology

ʿ-d-n

to delight

In context2 Kings 14:7

He struck Edom in the Valley of Salt—ten thousand—and captured the Sela in battle. He named it Joktheel, to this day.

About this coordinate

2 Kings 14:7:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of 2 Kings 14:7, so the Hebrew word עַ֖ד (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 2 Kgs.14.7.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.14.7.W13.S1) and character.