Judges 18:30:14Judg.18.30.W14TAB
עַד־י֖וֹם
adyom
“until the day of”
- Transliteration
- ad-YOM
- Extended
- ahd-YOHM
- IPA
- /ʕad.ˈjoːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- until the day of
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-YOM
- clause
vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
- sentence
va-ya-KI-mu la-HEM be-NEI-DAN et-ha-PA-sel vi-yo-na-TAN ben-GER-shom ben-me-na-SHE HU u-va-NAV ha-YU kho-ha-NIM le-SHE-vet ha-da-NI ad-YOM ge-LOT ha-A-rets
Exegesis
The temporal phrase ad-yom gelot ha-aretz {עַד־י֖וֹם גְּל֥וֹת הָאָֽרֶץ | ʿǎd-yom gĕ-lôt ha-ʾā-reṣ} ‘until the day of the land’s exile’ uses an infinitive construct to underscore the processual nature of the event.
In context — Judges 18:30
And the sons of Dan set up the idol for themselves, and Jonathan son of Gershom, son of Manasseh, together with his sons, served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the day of the land’s captivity.
About this coordinate
Judges 18:30:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of Judges 18:30, so the Hebrew word עַד־י֖וֹם (adyom) 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 Judg.18.30.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.18.30.W14.S1) and character.