Numbers 14:11:4Num.14.11.W4TAB
עַד־אָ֥נָה
adana
“How long”
- Transliteration
- ad-A-na
- Extended
- ahd-AH-nah
- IPA
- /ʕadˈʔaːna/
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-na
- phraseyour reading level
ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni
- clause
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH
- sentence
va-YO-mer Ye-ho-VAH el-MO-sheh ad-A-na ye-na-a-TSU-ni ha-AM ha-ZEH ve-ad-A-na lo-ya-a-MI-nu BI be-KHOL ha-o-TOT a-SHER a-SI-ti be-kir-BO
Exegesis
The paired interrogatives ad-anah {עַד־אָ֥נָה | ʿad-ʾā-NŌ·wāh} “until when” frame rhetorical questions expressing divine frustration.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-dalet
“until, as far as”
In context — Numbers 14:11
And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people despise Me ? And how long will they not believe in Me in all the signs that I have done among them?”
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:11:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Numbers 14:11, so the Hebrew word עַד־אָ֥נָה (adana) 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 Num.14.11.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.11.W4.S1) and character.