2 Kings 16:6:172 Kgs.16.6.W17TAB
עַ֖ד
ad
“until”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- ahd
- IPA
- /ʕaḏ/
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
ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
- sentence
ba-ET ha-HI he-SHIV re-TSIN ME-lekh-a-RAM et-E-laT la-a-RAM va-ye-na-SHEL et-ha-ye-hu-DIM me-e-LOT ve-a-ra-MIM va-a-do-MIM ba-U e-LAT va-ye-she-VU SHAM AD ha-YOM ha-ZE
Exegesis
The final adverbial clause ad ha-yom hazzēh {עַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה | ʿad ha-yyōm haz-zēh} “until this day” links the event to the ongoing present, underscoring continuity.
In context — 2 Kings 16:6
At that time, Rezin, king of Aram, restored Eilat to Aram and expelled the Judeans from Eilat. Then the Arameans and the Edomites came to Eilat and dwelt there until this day.
About this coordinate
2 Kings 16:6:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of 2 Kings 16:6, 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.16.6.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Kgs.16.6.W17.S1) and character.