Isaiah 13:12:4Isa.13.12.W4TAB
וְאָדָ֖ם
veadam
“and a human”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-DAM
- Extended
- veh-aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /wəʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a human
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-a-DAM
- clause
ve-a-DAM mik-KE-tem o-FIR
- sentence
o-KIR e-NOSH mip-PAZ ve-a-DAM mik-KE-tem o-FIR
Exegesis
Hebrew synonymous parallelism contrasts enosh {אֱנ֖וֹשׁ | ’enôš} ‘man, mortal’ with adam {וְאָדָ֖ם | ’ā-dām} ‘man, human,’ each linked by the comparative preposition min {מִן | mîn} in mî-pāz {מִפָּ֑ז | mî-pāz} ‘than fine gold’ and mî-kə-ṯem {מִכֶּתֶם | mî-kə-ṯem} ‘than pure gold.’ The repetition emphasizes human rarity under divine evaluation.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-maleph–daled–mem
“man, humankind”
In context — Isaiah 13:12
I will make a man rarer than fine gold; and mankind rarer than the pure gold of Ophir.
About this coordinate
Isaiah 13:12:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Isaiah 13:12, so the Hebrew word וְאָדָ֖ם (veadam) 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 Isa.13.12.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Isa.13.12.W4.S1) and character.