Genesis 14:6:4Gen.14.6.W4TAB
עַ֚ד
ad
“as far as”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ˈʕad/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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Word in context
- word
AD
- clause
AD EL pa-RAN a-SHER al-ha-mid-BAR
- sentence
ve-et-ha-kho-RI be-har-RAM se-IR AD EL pa-RAN a-SHER al-ha-mid-BAR
Exegesis
The preposition ad {עַד | ʿaḏ} ‘up to’ sets the campaign’s boundary at eil paran {אֵיל פָּארָן | ʾêl pā-rān}, and the clause asher al ha-midbar {אֲשֶׁר עַל־הַמִּדְבָּר | ʾă-šer ʿal-ham-mid-bār} ‘which is by the wilderness’ locates El Paran adjacent to the desert. Hebrew presents this information through a chain of prepositional and appositional phrases, which the English renders sequentially to preserve the geographic progression.
In context — Genesis 14:6
And they struck the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is by the wilderness.
About this coordinate
Genesis 14:6:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 14:6, so the Hebrew word עַ֚ד (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 Gen.14.6.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.6.W4.S1) and character.