Numbers 23:24:8Num.23.24.W8TAB
עַד־יֹ֣אכַל
adyokhal
“until it eats”
- Transliteration
- ad-yo-KHAL
- Extended
- ahd-yoh-KHAL
- IPA
- /ʕadˈjoː.xal/
Meaning by language
- English
- until it eats
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 | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Kaf | k with dagesh; kh without | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-yo-KHAL
- phraseyour reading level
ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref
- clause
LO yish-KAV ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref ve-DAM-kha-la-LIM yish-TEH
- sentence
hen-AM ke-la-VI ya-KUM ve-ka-a-RI yit-na-SA LO yish-KAV ad-yo-KHAL TE-ref ve-DAM-kha-la-LIM yish-TEH
Exegesis
The negative clause lōʾ yiškav ʿad-yōʾēḵal {לֹא יִשְׁכַּב עַד־יֹאכַל | lōʾ yiš-kav ʿad-yōʾē-kal} ‘he will not lie down until he eats’ uses the preposition ʿad to indicate a purpose or condition.
In context — Numbers 23:24
Behold, a people rises like a lion and lifts itself up like a lion; it will not lie down until it eats prey and drinks the blood of the slain .
About this coordinate
Numbers 23:24:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Numbers 23:24, so the Hebrew word עַד־יֹ֣אכַל (adyokhal) 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.23.24.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.23.24.W8.S1) and character.