2 Samuel 15:32:142 Sam.15.32.W14TAB
וַאֲדָמָ֖ה
vaadama
“and dirt”
- Transliteration
- va-a-da-MA
- Extended
- vah-ah-daa-MAA
- IPA
- /vaʔădaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and dirt
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
va-a-da-MA
- clause
ve-hin-NE lik-ra-TO KHU-shai ha-ar-KI ka-RU-a ku-tan-TO va-a-da-MA al-RO-sho
- sentence
va-ye-HI da-VID BA ad-ha-ROSH a-sher-yish-ta-kha-VE SHAM le-e-lo-HIM ve-hin-NE lik-ra-TO KHU-shai ha-ar-KI ka-RU-a ku-tan-TO va-a-da-MA al-RO-sho
Exegesis
The participle qārûaʿ {קָר֙וּעַ֙ | qārûaʿ} “torn” and noun wa·ă·ḏā·māh {וַאֲדָמָ֖ה | wa-ă-dā-māh} “dust” evoke lamentation customs, while the prepositional phrase ʿal-rōšō {עַל־רֹאשֽׁוֹ | ʿal-rōšō} “upon his head” indicates posture. The English structure shifts relative clauses for clarity but preserves the Hebrew sequence.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-m
“ground, earth”
In context — 2 Samuel 15:32
And it happened that when David came to the summit where he would worship God , behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him, his tunic torn and dust upon his head.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 15:32:14 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 14 of 2 Samuel 15:32, so the Hebrew word וַאֲדָמָ֖ה (vaadama) 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 2 Sam.15.32.W14, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.15.32.W14.S1) and character.