Ezekiel 14:17:12Ezek.14.17.W12TAB
אָדָ֥ם
adam
“man or human”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAHM
- 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- clause
ve-a-MAR-ti KHE-rev ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
- sentence
O KHE-rev a-VI al-ha-A-rets ha-HI ve-a-MAR-ti KHE-rev ta-a-VOR ba-A-rets ve-hikh-RAT-ti mim-ME-na a-DAM u-ve-he-MA
Exegesis
The Hifil perfect ve-hichrati {וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י | wə-hiḵ-ra-tî} ‘and I cut off’ follows, with mimena {מִמֶּ֖נָּה | mim-men-nāh} marking the source of destruction: adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} and uvehemah {וּבְהֵמָה | u-ḇə-hê-māh}. The parallel pairing underscores the totality of divine judgment.
Root and etymology
RootAleph-Dalet-Mem
“man, human”
In context — Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, “Sword, pass through the land,” and I cut off from it both human and beast .
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 14:17:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Ezekiel 14:17, 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.14.17.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.14.17.W12.S1) and character.