Proverbs 8:26:1Prov.8.26.W1TAB
עַד־לֹ֣א
adlo
“until not or before”
- Transliteration
- ad-LO
- Extended
- ahd-LOH
- IPA
- /ʕad.loː/
Meaning by language
- English
- until not or before
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 | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-LO
- clause
ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT
- sentence
ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT ve-ROSH a-fe-ROT TE-vel
Exegesis
The temporal marker ad-lo {עַד־לֹא | ʿad-lô} opens the verse with a boundary clause indicating a point before divine action.
In context — Proverbs 8:26
Before He made the land or the fields , or the beginning of the dust of the world.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 8:26:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 8:26, so the Hebrew word עַד־לֹ֣א (adlo) 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 Prov.8.26.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.8.26.W1.S1) and character.