Judges 20:48:11Judg.20.48.W11TAB
עַ֖ד
ad
“as far as”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ˈʕad/
Meaning by language
- English
- as far as
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
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA
- sentence
ve-ISH yis-ra-EL sha-VU el-be-NEI vin-ya-MIN va-yak-KUM le-fi-KHE-rev me-IR me-TIM ad-be-he-MA AD kal-ha-nim-TSA GAM kal-he-a-RIM ha-nim-tse-OT shil-KHU va-ESH
Exegesis
The paired expressions mēʿîr metîm ʿad bəhēmāh ʿad kol hannimṣāʾ {מֵעִ֤יר מְתִים֙ עַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַד־כָּל־הַנִּמְצָ֑א | mēʿîr metîm ʿad bəhēmāh ʿad kol hannimṣāʾ} ‘from city—men up to livestock, until all that was found’ uses ʿad {עַד | ʿad} for cumulative scope.
Root and etymology
ע־ו־ד
“appointed assembly”
In context — Judges 20:48
And the men of Israel returned against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the sword —men and livestock of each city; then they burned every city they found.
About this coordinate
Judges 20:48:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Judges 20:48, 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 Judg.20.48.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Judg.20.48.W11.S1) and character.