Genesis 2:7:6Gen.2.7.W6TAB
מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה
minhaadama
“from the ground”
- Transliteration
- min-ha-a-da-MA
- Extended
- mihn-hah-ah-dah-MAA
- IPA
- /min.haː.ʔă.ðaː.ˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- from the ground
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 | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
min-ha-a-da-MA
- clause
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM
- sentence
va-yi-TSER Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM et-ha-a-DAM a-FAR min-ha-a-da-MA va-yip-PAKH be-ap-PAV nish-MAT khai-YIM va-ye-HI ha-a-DAM le-NE-fesh khai-YA
Exegesis
The phrase afar min-ha-adamah {עָפָר מִן־הָאֲדָמָה | ʿāfār min-hāʾădāmāh} ‘dust from the ground’ establishes the material and origin of the human form.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-m
“ground, arable soil”
In context — Genesis 2:7
And the LORD God formed the man from dust of the ground, breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Genesis 2:7, so the Hebrew word מִן־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (minhaadama) 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.2.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.7.W6.S1) and character.