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          ˁad - as far as, until, just before, during
            (HALOT 786)
        
       
     
   
    
      ˁădē in open pretonic syllables, ˁāday in non-pretonic ones. The form ˁădē (< *ˁaday) attested in poetic texts corresponds directly to the protoform. Originally a plural noun, it is used in plural construct state when combined with pronominal suffixes (Gesenius 1910:304).