Nehemiah 13:19:15Neh.13.19.W15TAB

עַ֖ד

ad

until

Transliteration
AD
Extended
AHD
IPA
/ʕad/

Meaning by language

English
until

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

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT

  3. sentence

    va-ye-HI ka-a-SHER tsa-la-LU sha-a-RE ye-ru-sha-LA-yim lif-NE ha-sha-BAT va-om-RA va-yis-sag-RU had-de-la-TOT va-om-RA a-SHER LO yif-ta-KHUM AD a-KHAR ha-sha-BAT u-min-ne-a-RAI he-e-mad-TI al-ha-she-a-RIM lo-ya-VO mas-SA be-YOM ha-sha-BAT

Exegesis

The relative clause asher lo yiftachum ad achar haShabbat {אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִפְתָּחוּם עַד אַחַר הַשַּׁבָּת | ʾa-šer lō yip-ta-ḥûm ʿad ā-ḥar ha-šab-bāt} ‘that they shall not open until after the Sabbath’ establishes the prohibition.

In contextNehemiah 13:19

When evening shadows fell at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed, and I commanded that they must not be opened until after the Sabbath. I stationed some of my young men at the gates, so that no burden would be brought in on the Sabbath day.

About this coordinate

Nehemiah 13:19:15 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 15 of Nehemiah 13:19, 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 Neh.13.19.W15, which extends further down to each syllable (Neh.13.19.W15.S1) and character.