1 Kings 17:14:201 Kgs.17.14.W20TAB
הָאֲדָמָֽה׃
haadama
“the ground”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-da-MA
- Extended
- haa-ah-dah-MAA
- IPA
- /haː.ʔăðaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ground
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ha-a-da-MA
- phraseyour reading level
al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- clause
AD YOM ti-TEN-TET-ye-ho-VAH GE-shem al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
- sentence
KI KHO a-MAR ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE yis-ra-EL KAD ha-KE-makh LO tikh-LA ve-tsap-PA-khat ha-SHE-men LO tekh-SAR AD YOM ti-TEN-TET-ye-ho-VAH GE-shem al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA
Exegesis
Finally, al-penei haadamah {עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה | ʿal-pənê hāʾădāmāh} uses the idiom “upon the face of” to depict rain spread broadly across the land, reinforcing the scope of restoration.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-mAleph–Dalet–Mem
“ground, soil”
In context — 1 Kings 17:14
For thus says the LORD , the God of Israel : The jar of flour will not be used up, and the jug of oil will not be lacking, until the day the LORD gives rain upon the face of the ground.
About this coordinate
1 Kings 17:14:20 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 20 of 1 Kings 17:14, so the Hebrew word הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ (haadama) 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 1 Kgs.17.14.W20, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Kgs.17.14.W20.S1) and character.