Hosea 14:1:3Hos.14.1.W3TABWLC Hosea 14:2
עַ֖ד
ad
“to or until”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ʕad/
Meaning by language
- English
- to or until
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
SHU-VA yis-ra-EL AD Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha
- sentence
SHU-VA yis-ra-EL AD Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha KI kha-SHAL-ta ba-a-VO-ne-kha
Exegesis
The preposition ʿad {עַד | ʿaḏ} ‘to, as far as’ introduces the goal of the turning: YHWH Elohekha {יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ | Yə-hō-wāh ʾĕlōhêḵā} ‘the LORD your God’, a covenantal address that frames repentance as relational return rather than mere behavior change.
In context — Hosea 14:1
Turn back, O Israel, to the LORD your God , for you have stumbled in your iniquity .
About this coordinate
Hosea 14:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Hosea 14:1, so the Hebrew word עַ֖ד (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 Hos.14.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Hos.14.1.W3.S1) and character.