הָאֲדָמָ֖ה

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 הָאֲדָמָ֖ה

   ha-a-da-MA

   the ground
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה

   al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA

   on the surface of the ground
3. clause🔊 מְמוֹתֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה יִֽהְי֑וּ

   me-mo-TE ta-kha-lu-IM ya-mu-TU LO yis-sa-fe-DU ve-LO yik-ka-ve-RU le-DO-men al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA yih-ye-YU

   of deaths of sicknesses they will die not they will be lamented and not they will be buried as dung on the surface of the ground they will be
4. sentence🔊 מְמוֹתֵ֨י תַחֲלֻאִ֜ים יָמֻ֗תוּ לֹ֤א יִסָּֽפְדוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִקָּבֵ֔רוּ לְדֹ֛מֶן עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָ֖ה יִֽהְי֑וּ וּבַחֶ֤רֶב וּבָֽרָעָב֙ יִכְל֔וּ וְהָיְתָ֤ה נִבְלָתָם֙ לְמַאֲכָ֔ל לְע֥וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּלְבֶהֱמַ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

   me-mo-TE ta-kha-lu-IM ya-mu-TU LO yis-sa-fe-DU ve-LO yik-ka-ve-RU le-DO-men al-pe-NE ha-a-da-MA yih-ye-YU u-va-KHE-rev u-va-ra-AV yikh-LU ve-ha-ye-TA niv-la-TAM le-ma-a-KHAL le-OF ha-sha-MA-yim u-le-ve-he-MAT ha-A-rets

   of deaths of sicknesses they will die not they will be lamented and not they will be buried as dung on the surface of the ground they will be and by the sword and by famine they will perish and it will be their corpse for food for bird or flying creature of the heavens and for beast of the earth

Exegesis

The metaphor le-domen al-peney ha-adamah {לְדֹמֶן עַל־פְּנֵי הָאֲדָמָה | lə-ḏō-men ʿal-pə-nê hā-’ă-ḏā-māh} “as dung on the face of the earth” underscores humiliation.

Root and etymology

’-d-m🔊 א־ד־םaleph–dalet–mem

“ground, earth”

• 🔊 אָדָםadammanGenesis 2:7