לֹ֣א

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 לֹ֣א

   LO

   not
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔ר

   LO ne-e-DAR

   not was missing
3. clause🔊 עַד־א֣וֹר הַבֹּ֗קֶר עַד־אַחַד֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־עָבַ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

   ad-OR ha-BO-ker ad-a-KHAD LO ne-e-DAR a-SHER lo-a-VAR et-ha-yar-DEN

   until light of the morning until one not was missing who or which did not cross over {direct object marker} the Jordan
4. sentence🔊 וַיָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֗ד וְכָל־הָעָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אִתּ֔וֹ וַיַּעַבְר֖וּ אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן עַד־א֣וֹר הַבֹּ֗קֶר עַד־אַחַד֙ לֹ֣א נֶעְדָּ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־עָבַ֖ר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃

   va-ya-KAM da-VID ve-khol-ha-AM a-SHER i-TO va-ya-a-VRU et-ha-yar-DEN ad-OR ha-BO-ker ad-a-KHAD LO ne-e-DAR a-SHER lo-a-VAR et-ha-yar-DEN

   and he arose David and all the people who or which with him and they crossed over {direct object marker} the Jordan until light of the morning until one not was missing who or which did not cross over {direct object marker} the Jordan

Exegesis

A repeated preposition ad in ad-achad lo needar asher loavar et-hayarden {עַד-אַחַד לֹא נֶעְדָּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־עָבַר אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן | ʼad-’a-ḥad lō ne-‘ă-dār ʼă-šer lō-‘ā-var ʾet-hā-yar-ḏēn} introduces a negative relative clause to stress that none remained on the near side. The repetition of ad underscores both temporal and quantitative limits, highlighting the completeness of the crossing.