Exodus 16:28:4Exod.16.28.W4TAB
עַד־אָ֙נָה֙
adana
“how long”
- Transliteration
- ad-A-na
- Extended
- ahd-AA-nah
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈʔaː.naː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how long
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-A-na
- clause
ad-A-na me-an-TEM lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-to-ro-TAI
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-mo-SHE ad-A-na me-an-TEM lish-MOR mits-vo-TAI ve-to-ro-TAI
Exegesis
The fronted interrogative ad-anah {עַד־אָ֙נָה֙ | ʿad-ʾā-nāh} ‘until when’ creates rhetorical urgency.
In context — Exodus 16:28
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you persist in refusing to uphold My commandments and My instructions?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 16:28:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Exodus 16:28, so the Hebrew word עַד־אָ֙נָה֙ (adana) 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 Exod.16.28.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.16.28.W4.S1) and character.