2 Samuel 20:12:32 Sam.20.12.W3TAB
בַּדָּ֖ם
badam
“in the blood”
- Transliteration
- ba-DAM
- Extended
- bah-DAHM
- IPA
- /badˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the blood
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
mit-go-LEL ba-DAM
- clause
va-a-ma-SA mit-go-LEL ba-DAM be-TOKH ham-si-LA
- sentence
va-a-ma-SA mit-go-LEL ba-DAM be-TOKH ham-si-LA va-yar-E ha-ISH ki-a-MAD kal-ha-AM va-ya-SEV et-a-ma-SA min-ham-si-LA ha-sa-DE va-yash-LEKH a-LAV BE-ged ka-a-SHER ra-A kal-ha-BA a-LAV ve-a-MAD
Exegesis
The locatives ba-dam {בַּדָּ֖ם | ba-dam} ‘in the blood’ and be-tokh ham-mesilah {בְּתוֹךְ הַמְּסִלָּה | bə-tōkh ham-mĕ-sil-lāh} ‘in the middle of the roadway’ establish a public setting.
Root and etymology
d-m-mdalet–mem–mem
“blood, lifeblood”
In context — 2 Samuel 20:12
And Amasa was wallowing in blood in the middle of the roadway, and the man saw that all the people stood still; so he turned Amasa off the roadway into the field and threw a garment over him.
About this coordinate
2 Samuel 20:12:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of 2 Samuel 20:12, so the Hebrew word בַּדָּ֖ם (badam) 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.20.12.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (2 Sam.20.12.W3.S1) and character.