Numbers 24:22:5Num.24.22.W5TAB
עַד־מָ֖ה
admah
“until when”
- Transliteration
- AD-mah
- Extended
- AD-MAA
- IPA
- /ʕadˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- until when
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' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
AD-mah
- clause
AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
- sentence
KI IM-ye-HYEH le-va-ER KA-yin AD-mah a-SHUR tish-BEKHA
Exegesis
The interrogative phrase ad-mah {עַד־מָה | ʿăḏ-māh} ‘until how long’ introduces a rhetorical temporal question leading to the Qal imperfect tishbekha {תִּשְׁבֶּֽךָּ | tišbēḵā} ‘carries you away captive’, where Asshur {אַשּׁוּר | ʾăš-šūr} ‘Assyria’ serves as the implied agent. The progression from vivid burning imagery to forced exile underscores the inevitability of the predicted deportation and heightens dramatic tension within Balaam’s prophecy.
In context — Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless the Kenite will be burned up , until Assyria carries you away captive.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:22:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Numbers 24:22, so the Hebrew word עַד־מָ֖ה (admah) 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.24.22.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.22.W5.S1) and character.