Exodus 18:14:23Exod.18.14.W23TAB
עַד־עָֽרֶב׃
adarev
“until evening”
- Transliteration
- ad-A-rev
- Extended
- ahd-AA-rehv
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈʕaː.rɛv/
Meaning by language
- English
- until evening
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 | |
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh |
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Word in context
- word
ad-A-rev
- phraseyour reading level
min-BO-ker ad-A-rev
- clause
va-yo-MER mah-had-da-VAR ha-ZE a-SHER a-TA o-SE la-AM mad-DU-a a-TA yo-SHEV le-vad-DE-kha ve-khol-ha-AM nit-TSAV a-LE-kha min-BO-ker ad-A-rev
- sentence
va-YAR kho-TEN mo-SHE ET kol-a-sher-HU o-SE la-AM va-yo-MER mah-had-da-VAR ha-ZE a-SHER a-TA o-SE la-AM mad-DU-a a-TA yo-SHEV le-vad-DE-kha ve-khol-ha-AM nit-TSAV a-LE-kha min-BO-ker ad-A-rev
Exegesis
The temporal frame is marked by the prepositions min {מִן־ | min} ‘from’ and ʿaḏ {עַד | ʿaḏ} ‘until’ with bō-ker {בֹּקֶר | bō-ker} ‘morning’ and ʿā-ḇ {עָרֶב | ʿā-ḇ} ‘evening’. The Hebrew word order moves from a report of Moses’ activity to his isolation to the people’s response, a sequence preserved in English through parallel structuring of sight, question, and contrast between “sitting” and “standing.”
Root and etymology
ע־ר־ב
“evening, growing dark”
In context — Exodus 18:14
When Moses’ father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, “What is this matter that you are doing for the people? Why do you sit by yourself while all the people stand before you from morning until evening?”
About this coordinate
Exodus 18:14:23 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 23 of Exodus 18:14, so the Hebrew word עַד־עָֽרֶב׃ (adarev) 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.18.14.W23, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.18.14.W23.S1) and character.