1 Samuel 22:18:121 Sam.22.18.W12TAB
הָאֲדֹמִ֗י
haadomi
“the Edomite”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-do-MI
- Extended
- haa-ah-doh-MEE
- IPA
- /haː.ʔădoˈmiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the Edomite
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 | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-a-do-MI
- phraseyour reading level
do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI
- clause
va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
- sentence
va-YO-mer ha-ME-lekh le-do-YIG le-do-EG SOV a-TA u-fe-GA ba-ko-ha-NIM va-yi-SOV do-YIG do-EG ha-a-do-MI va-yif-GA-u ba-ko-ha-NIM va-ya-MET ba-YOM ha-HU she-mo-NIM va-kha-mi-SHA ISH no-SE e-FOD BAD
Exegesis
Doeg’s gentilic haadomi {הָאֲדֹמִי | ha-ʾă-do-mî} underscores his outsider status.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ם
“red”
In context — 1 Samuel 22:18
And the king said to Doeg, “Turn and strike the priests.” Then Doeg the Edomite turned and struck the priests, and on that day he killed eighty-five men wearing a linen ephod .
About this coordinate
1 Samuel 22:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of 1 Samuel 22:18, so the Hebrew word הָאֲדֹמִ֗י (haadomi) 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.22.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (1 Sam.22.18.W12.S1) and character.