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

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    AD

  2. phraseyour reading level

    AD di-tin-DA

  3. 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

  4. 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 contextDaniel 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.