Ezekiel 16:7:9Ezek.16.7.W9TAB
עֲדָיִ֑ים
adayim
“ornaments or adornments”
- Transliteration
- a-da-YIM
- Extended
- ah-dah-YEEM
- IPA
- /ʕădaːˈjiːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- ornaments or adornments
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Mem Sofit | final form of Mem — at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-da-YIM
- phraseyour reading level
ba-a-DI a-da-YIM
- clause
re-va-VA ke-TSE-makh ha-sa-DE ne-ta-TIKH va-tir-BI va-tig-de-LI va-ta-VO-i ba-a-DI a-da-YIM
- sentence
re-va-VA ke-TSE-makh ha-sa-DE ne-ta-TIKH va-tir-BI va-tig-de-LI va-ta-VO-i ba-a-DI a-da-YIM sha-DA-YIM na-KHO-nu u-se-a-REKH tsi-ME-akh ve-AT e-ROM ve-er-YA
Exegesis
The idiomatic phrase baadi adayim {בַּעֲדִי עֲדָיִים | ba-‘ă-dî ʿă-ḏā-yim} ‘into fullness of adornments’ functions as a euphemism for puberty.
Root and etymology
ע־ד־ה
“ornamentation”
In context — Ezekiel 16:7
I made you a multitude like a sprout of the field; you multiplied and grew and came into the fullness of adornments. Your breasts were formed, and your hair grew; yet you remained naked and bare.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 16:7:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Ezekiel 16:7, so the Hebrew word עֲדָיִ֑ים (adayim) 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.16.7.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.16.7.W9.S1) and character.