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
| 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-yik-RA et-she-MA yok-te-EL AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- 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 context — 2 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.