עַ֥ד

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עַ֥ד

   AD

   until
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר

   AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR

   until we have passed through
3. clause🔊 דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃

   DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha

   the way of the king we will go We will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory
4. sentence🔊 נַעְבְּרָה־נָּ֣א בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ לֹ֤א נַעֲבֹר֙ בְּשָׂדֶ֣ה וּבְכֶ֔רֶם וְלֹ֥א נִשְׁתֶּ֖ה מֵ֣י בְאֵ֑ר דֶּ֧רֶךְ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ נֵלֵ֗ךְ לֹ֤א נִטֶּה֙ יָמִ֣ין וּשְׂמֹ֔אול עַ֥ד אֲשֶֽׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר גְּבוּלֶֽךָ׃

   na-av-RAH-NA ve-ar-TSE-kha LO na-a-VOR be-sa-DEH u-ve-KE-rem ve-LO nish-TEH MEI ve-ER DE-rekh ha-ME-lekh nei-LEKH LO ni-TEH ya-MIN u-se-MOL AD a-SHER-na-a-VOR ge-vu-LE-kha

   Let us pass, please through your land We will not pass through in a field or vineyard and we will not drink water from a well the way of the king we will go We will not turn aside to the right or to the left until we have passed through your territory

Exegesis

Finally, the relative temporal clause ad a-sher na'avor {עַד אֲשֶׁר־נַעֲבֹ֖ר | ʿad ʾa-šer naʿăḇōr} sets the boundary as endpoint. The English renderings preserve the layered negatives, spatial framing, and polite tone.

Root and etymology

ע־ד־ה🔊 ayin–dalet–heh

“assembly”

• 🔊 מוֹעֵדmo‘edappointed timeLeviticus 23:4