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

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Result
עַד + לֹ֣א
ad + lo
adlo

Alphabet Analysis

Ayindeep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal
Patachshort 'ah' as in father
Daletd as in door
Lamedl as in law
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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Word in context

  1. word

    ad-LO

  2. clause

    ad-LO a-SA E-rets ve-khu-TSOT

  3. 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 contextProverbs 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.