Deuteronomy 21:1:3Deut.21.1.W3TAB
בָּאֲדָמָה֙
baadamah
“in the land”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-da-MAH
- Extended
- baa-ah-da-MAAH
- IPA
- /ba.ʔa.daˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- in the land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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
ba-a-da-MAH
- clause
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH
- sentence
ki-yim-ma-TSE kha-LAL ba-a-da-MAH a-SHER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha no-TEN le-KHA le-rish-TAH no-FEL ba-sa-DEH LO no-DA MI hi-ka-HU
Exegesis
A relative clause introduced by asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾăšer} ‘which’ modifies ba'adamah {בָּאֲדָמָה | bāʾădāmāh} ‘land’, specifying it as the divinely granted territory.
Root and etymology
Rootʾ-d-m
“ground, earth”
In context — Deuteronomy 21:1
If a person is found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess , lying fallen in the field, and it is not known who struck him.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 21:1:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Deuteronomy 21:1, so the Hebrew word בָּאֲדָמָה֙ (baadamah) 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 Deut.21.1.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.21.1.W3.S1) and character.