Leviticus 23:16:1Lev.23.16.W1TAB
עַ֣ד
ad
“until”
- Transliteration
- AD
- Extended
- AHD
- IPA
- /ʕað/
Meaning by language
- English
- until
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AD
- phraseyour reading level
AD mim-MOH-kho-RAT ha-sha-BAT
- clause
AD mim-MOH-kho-RAT ha-sha-BAT ha-she-vee-EET tihs-pe-RU kha-mih-SHEEM YOM
- sentence
AD mim-MOH-kho-RAT ha-sha-BAT ha-she-vee-EET tihs-pe-RU kha-mih-SHEEM YOM veh-hik-rav-TEM min-KHA kha-da-SHA la-ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The verse begins with a temporal limit ad {עַד | ’ad} ‘until’, followed by the circumstantial phrase mi-machorat {מִמָּחֳרַת | mimmāḥōraṯ} ‘from the next day’ modifying the definite noun phrase ha-shabbat ha-shevi’it {הַשַּׁבָּת הַשְּׁבִיעִת | haššāḇāt haššəwī‘īṯ} ‘the seventh Sabbath’.
Root and etymology
y-ʿ-dyod-ayin-dalet
“to appoint, set”
In context — Leviticus 23:16
Until the day after the seventh Sabbath, you shall count fifty days; then you shall present a new offering to the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 23:16:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Leviticus 23:16, so the Hebrew word עַ֣ד (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 Lev.23.16.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.23.16.W1.S1) and character.