2 Kings 16:11:142 Kgs.16.11.W14TAB
עַד־בּ֥וֹא
adbo
“until {the} coming of”
- Transliteration
- ad-BO
- Extended
- ahd-BOH
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈboː/
Meaning by language
- English
- until {the} coming of
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-BO
- phraseyour reading level
ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ
- clause
ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
- sentence
va-yi-VEN u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN et-ha-miz-BE-akh ke-KHOL a-sher-sha-LAKH ha-ME-lekh a-KHAZ mid-da-ME-sek KEN a-SA u-ri-YA ha-ko-HEN ad-BO ha-ME-lekh-a-KHAZ mid-da-MA-sek
Exegesis
The temporal ʿad-bōʾ hamméleḵ-ʾĀḥāz middammāśeq {עַד־בּוֹא הַמֶּֽלֶךְ־אָחָ֖ז מִדַּמָּֽשֶׂק | ʿad-bōʾ hamméleḵ-ʾĀḥāz middammāśeq} ‘until the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus’ sets a boundary that the work was completed before the king’s arrival. The repetition of subject and verb highlights Uriah’s faithful adherence to royal instruction over the designated period.
In context — 2 Kings 16:11
Thus Uriah the priest built the altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest did so before the king’s return from Damascus.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:11:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Kings 16:11, so the Hebrew word עַד־בּ֥וֹא (adbo) 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.16.11.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.11.W14.S1) and character.