Ezekiel 14:13:1Ezek.14.13.W1TAB
בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם
benadam
“son of man”
- Transliteration
- ben-a-DAM
- Extended
- behn-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /bɛn.ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- son of man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Seghol | short 'eh' as in met | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
ben-a-DAM
- clause
ben-a-DAM E-rets KI te-khe-TA-li lim-e-AL-ma-AL ve-na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LE-ha ve-sha-VAR-ti LA ma-TE-la-KHEM
- sentence
ben-a-DAM E-rets KI te-khe-TA-li lim-e-AL-ma-AL ve-na-TI-ti ya-DI a-LE-ha ve-sha-VAR-ti LA ma-TE-la-KHEM ve-hish-lakh-TI-va ra-AV ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-me-NA a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The address ben-adam {בֶּן־אָדָם | ben-ʾā-ḏām} ‘son of man’ opens as a vocative for Ezekiel.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-maleph–dalet–mem
“man, human being”
In context — Ezekiel 14:13
Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it and break its staff of bread , and send famine into it, and cut off from it both man and beast.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:13:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Ezekiel 14:13, so the Hebrew word בֶּן־אָדָ֗ם (benadam) 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 Ezek.14.13.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.13.W1.S1) and character.