Ezekiel 14:13:16Ezek.14.13.W16TAB
אָדָ֥ם
adam
“man or human”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- man or human
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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Word in context
- word
a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- clause
ve-hish-lakh-TI-va ra-AV ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-me-NA a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- 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 construct idiom matte-lechem {מַטֵּה־לָחֶם | maṭṭê-leḥem} ‘staff of bread’ symbolizes sustenance, and the final verbs express total devastation of adam {אָדָם | ʾā-ḏām} and u-vehemah {וּבְהֵמָה | ū-ḇə-hē-māh}.
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 14:13:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of Ezekiel 14:13, so the Hebrew word אָדָ֥ם (adam) 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.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.13.W16.S1) and character.