Genesis 2:22:6Gen.2.22.W6TAB
מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם
minhaadam
“from the man”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-a-DAM
- Extended
- mihn-hah-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /min.haː.ʔaː.ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Nun Sofit | final form of Nun — at word end | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
min-ha-a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM
- clause
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA
- sentence
va-yi-VEN Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-tse-LA a-sher-la-KAKH min-ha-a-DAM le-ish-SHA va-ye-vi-E-ha el-ha-a-DAM
Exegesis
The relative clause asher-lakach min-haadam {אֲשֶׁר־לָקַ֥ח מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם | ʾă-šer-lā-qaḥ min-hā-ʾā-ḏām} ‘which He had taken from the man’ situates a prior action and its source.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–dalet–mem
“man, human”
In context — Genesis 2:22
And the LORD God built the rib—which He had taken from the man—into a woman , and He brought her to the man.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 2:22, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָֽאָדָ֖ם (minhaadam) 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.2.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.22.W6.S1) and character.