Genesis 14:8:6Gen.14.8.W6TAB

אַדְמָה֙

adema

“Admah”

Transliteration: a-de-MA
Extended: ah-deh-MAA
IPA: /ʔa.ðəˈmaː/

Meaning by language

English: Admah

Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it

Result

אַ + דְ + מָה֙

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a + de + ma

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adema

Alphabet Analysis

	Aleph	silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
	Patach	short 'ah' as in father
	Dalet	d as in door
	Sheva	vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
	Mem	m as in mother
	Qamets	long 'ah'
	He	h as in house; silent at word end

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The word

Word in context

word
a-de-MA
phraseyour reading level
u-ME-lekh a-de-MA
clause
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar
sentence
va-ye-TSE me-lekh-se-DOM u-ME-lekh a-mo-RA u-ME-lekh a-de-MA u-ME-lekh tse-vo-YIM u-ME-lekh BE-la hi-TSO-ar va-ya-ar-KHU i-TAM mil-kha-MA be-E-mek ha-si-DIM

Exegesis

Each subject is expressed as a nominal phrase “king of X”: melech Sedom {מֶֽלֶךְ־סְדֹם | me-leḵ-sə-ḏōm}, umelech Amorah {וּמֶ֣לֶךְ עֲמֹרָ֗ה | û-me-leḵ ʿă-mō-rāh}, umelech Admah {וּמֶ֤לֶךְ אַדְמָה֙ | û-me-leḵ ʾaḏ-māh}, umelech Tsevoyim {וּמֶ֣לֶךְ צביים צְבוֹיִ֔ם | û-me-leḵ ṣə-ḇō-yim}, and umelech Bela {וּמֶ֥לֶךְ בֶּ֖לַע | û-me-leḵ be-laʿ}. The repeated conjunction waw (“and”) links these clauses paratactically, building a picture of several city-state rulers acting in concert.

In context — Genesis 14:8

Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and drew up for battle with them in the Valley of Siddim.

About this coordinate

Genesis 14:8:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 14:8, so the Hebrew word אַדְמָה֙ (adema) 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 Gen.14.8.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.14.8.W6.S1) and character.

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