Numbers 14:27:1Num.14.27.W1TAB
עַד־מָתַ֗י
admatai
“How long”
- Transliteration
- ad-ma-TAI
- Extended
- ahd-mah-TAI
- IPA
- /ʕad.maˈtaj/
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 | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-ma-TAI
- clause
ad-ma-TAI la-e-DAH ha-ra-AH ha-ZOT a-SHER hei-MAH mal-li-NIM a-LAI
- sentence
ad-ma-TAI la-e-DAH ha-ra-AH ha-ZOT a-SHER hei-MAH mal-li-NIM a-LAI et-te-lu-NOT be-NEI yis-ra-EL a-SHER hei-MAH mal-li-NIM a-LAI sha-MA-ti
Exegesis
The verse opens with the interrogative ad-mattay {עַד־מָתַ֗י | ʿad-māṯay} ‘until how long’, a Hebrew construction expressing divine frustration.
Root and etymology
Rootayin-dalet
“until, as far as”
In context — Numbers 14:27
How long shall this evil congregation continue to grumble against Me ? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel.
About this coordinate
Numbers 14:27:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Numbers 14:27, so the Hebrew word עַד־מָתַ֗י (admatai) 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.14.27.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.14.27.W1.S1) and character.