Daniel 4:25:20Dan.4.25.W20TABWLC Daniel 4:22
עַ֣ד
ad
“until”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ˈʕad/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
AD
- phraseyour reading level
AD di-tin-DA
- clause
AD di-tin-DA di-sha-LIT i-la-YA be-mal-KHUT a-na-SHA u-le-man-DI yits-BE yit-ne-nan-NE
- sentence
u-LAKH tar-DIN min-a-na-SHA veh-im-KHEI-vat ba-RA le-he-VE me-do-RAKH veh-is-BA khe-to-RIN LAKH yit-a-MUN oo-mi-TAL she-ma-YA LAKH me-tsab-EEN veh-shiv-a-TA i-da-NIN yakh-le-FUN a-LAIKH AD di-tin-DA di-sha-LIT i-la-YA be-mal-KHUT a-na-SHA u-le-man-DI yits-BE yit-ne-nan-NE
Exegesis
The purpose clause is introduced by ad di tind'a {עַד דִּי תִנְדַּע | ʿad dî tin-daʿ} “until you know,” marking the humbling as pedagogical.
Root and etymology
ע־ד־ןayin–dalet–nun
“appointed time, season”
In context — Daniel 4:25
And you they will drive away from among men, and your dwelling, your habitation, will be with the beasts of the field, and they will make you eat grass like oxen, and they will drench you with the dew of heaven, and seven times will pass over you, until you know that the Most High rules in the kingdom of mankind, and He gives it to whomever He wills .
About this coordinate
Daniel 4:25:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of Daniel 4:25, so the Hebrew word עַ֣ד (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 Dan.4.25.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (Dan.4.25.W20.S1) and character.