Ezekiel 21:6:2Ezek.21.6.W2TABWLC Ezekiel 21:11
בֶן־אָדָ֖ם
venadam
“son of man”
- Transliteration
- ven-a-DAM
- Extended
- vehn-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /vɛn.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
ven-a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM
- clause
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM he-a-NAKH
- sentence
ve-a-TA ven-a-DAM he-a-NAKH be-shiv-RON mat-NA-yim u-ve-mar-ri-ROT te-a-NAKH le-e-NE-hem
Exegesis
The vocative ben-adam {בֶן־אָדָ֖ם | ben-ʾādām} ‘son of man’ frames the sign-act as performed by a human representative.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–dalet–mem
“man, humankind”
In context — Ezekiel 21:6
And you, Son of Man, sigh with the breaking of your loins, and with bitterness you shall sigh before their eyes.
About this coordinate
Ezekiel 21:6:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Ezekiel 21:6, so the Hebrew word בֶן־אָדָ֖ם (venadam) 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.21.6.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Ezek.21.6.W2.S1) and character.