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ha.le.ah marks a point beyond a stated place or a continuation after a stated time in Scripture.
The adverb most often marks movement, placement, or removal beyond a stated location; it also marks continuation from a stated day, time, or point onward. The same form is used throughout the supplied verses, with its specific English representation dependent on the surrounding clause.
Senses in use
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Beyond a stated place or boundary · dominant
In 1 Samuel 20:22 and 1 Samuel 20:37, the adverb occurs in Jonathan's words about an arrow being beyond the youth, with the instruction in the first verse leading to departure. It also occurs where Israel pitches a tent beyond a tower in Genesis 35:21, where deportation is beyond Damascus in Amos 5:27, and where a body is thrown beyond Jerusalem's gates in Jeremiah 22:19.
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Continuation after a stated time · common
The adverb marks an ongoing period after a specified starting point: Saul watches David from that day onward in 1 Samuel 18:9, Israel knows the LORD from that day onward in Ezekiel 39:22, and offerings are accepted from the eighth day onward in Leviticus 22:27. Ezekiel 43:27 likewise places priestly offerings on the eighth day and thereafter, while Numbers 15:23 extends commandments from the day of commandment onward through later generations.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the relevant clauses with "beyond," "onward," and "thereafter," and in some verses with movement such as "pass on" or "stand back." These are presentations of the clauses rather than fixed English equivalents for the adverb.