1 Samuel 22:1:61 Sam.22.1.W6TAB
עֲדֻלָּ֑ם
adullam
“Adullam”
- Transliteration
- a-dul-LAM
- Extended
- ah-duhl-LAAM
- IPA
- /ʕă.dulˈlaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- Adullam
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-dul-LAM
- phraseyour reading level
el-me-A-rat a-dul-LAM
- clause
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM va-yim-ma-LET el-me-A-rat a-dul-LAM
- sentence
va-YE-lekh da-VID mi-SHAM va-yim-ma-LET el-me-A-rat a-dul-LAM va-yish-me-U e-KHAV ve-khol-BET a-VIV va-YE-re-du e-LAV SHAM-ma
Exegesis
The locative expression el me‘arat Adullam {אֶל־מְעָרַת עֲדֻלָּם | ʾel meʿārāṯ ʿăḏullām} combines the preposition el with a construct chain to establish refuge in the cave of Adullam.
In context — 1 Samuel 22:1
And David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam, and when his brothers and all the household of his father heard, they went down to him there
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:1:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of 1 Samuel 22:1, so the Hebrew word עֲדֻלָּ֑ם (adullam) 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 Sam.22.1.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.1.W6.S1) and character.