Genesis 19:22:9Gen.19.22.W9TAB
עַד־בֹּאֲךָ֖
adboakha
“until you come”
- Transliteration
- ad-bo-a-KHA
- Extended
- ahd-boh-ah-KHAA
- IPA
- /ʕad.bo.ʔă.ˈxaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- until you come
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 | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Kaf Sofit | final form of Kaf — at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' |
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Word in context
- word
ad-bo-a-KHA
- clause
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma
- sentence
ma-HER him-ma-LET SHAM-ma KI LO u-KHAL la-a-SOT da-VAR ad-bo-a-KHA SHAM-ma al-KEN ka-RA shem-ha-IR tso-AR
Exegesis
The phrase 'ad bo'akha shammah {עַד־בֹּאֲךָ שָׁמָּה | ʿad bōʾăḵā šāmmāh} ‘until your coming there’ establishes a limit for action.
Root and etymology
bet–vav–alephbet–vav–aleph
“to come”
In context — Genesis 19:22
Swiftly flee there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar .
About this coordinate
Genesis 19:22:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Genesis 19:22, so the Hebrew word עַד־בֹּאֲךָ֖ (adboakha) 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.19.22.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.19.22.W9.S1) and character.