Joshua 18:3:5Josh.18.3.W5TAB
עַד־אָ֙נָה֙
adanah
“how long”
- Transliteration
- ad-a-NAH
- Extended
- ahd-ah-NAH
- IPA
- /ʕad.ʔaˈnaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- how long
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 | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
ad-a-NAH
- clause
ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
- sentence
va-yo-MER ye-ho-SHU-a el-be-NEI yis-ra-EL ad-a-NAH a-TEM mit-ra-PIM la-VO la-RE-shet et-ha-A-retz a-SHER na-TAN la-KHEM Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HEI a-vo-TEI-khem
Exegesis
The interrogative adverb ad-anah {עַד־אָ֙נָה֙ | ʿad-ʾānā(h)} ‘until when’ signals urgency, linked to the Hitpael participle mitrapim {מִתְרַפִּ֔ים | mitrappîm} ‘are you being slack’.
In context — Joshua 18:3
And Joshua said to the children of Israel, “How long will you be slack to go in to possess the land which the LORD the God of your fathers has given you?”
About this coordinate
Joshua 18:3:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Joshua 18:3, so the Hebrew word עַד־אָ֙נָה֙ (adanah) 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.18.3.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Josh.18.3.W5.S1) and character.