Joshua 13:5:10Josh.13.5.W10TAB

עַ֖ד

ad

as far as

Transliteration
AD
Extended
AHD
IPA
/ˈʕad/

Meaning by language

English
as far as

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door

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Word in context

  1. word

    AD

  2. clause

    AD le-VO kha-MAT

  3. sentence

    ve-ha-A-retz hag-giv-LI ve-KHOL-hal-le-va-NON miz-RAKH ha-SHE-mesh mi-BA-al GAD TA-khat har-KHER-mon AD le-VO kha-MAT

Exegesis

The prepositional ad governs the infinitive construct levo chamat {עַד לְב֥וֹא חֲמָֽת} to indicate the terminal boundary as “the entrance of Hamath.” This arrangement preserves Hebrew syntax while rendering it into coherent English boundary description.

Root and etymology

ʿ-dayin–dalet

up to; until

In contextJoshua 13:5

And the land of the Giblite and all Lebanon toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath.

About this coordinate

Joshua 13:5:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Joshua 13:5, 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 Josh.13.5.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.13.5.W10.S1) and character.