Job 15:7:2Job.15.7.W2TAB
אָ֭דָם
adam
“man or human”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- man or human
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
a-DAM
- clause
ha-ri-SHON a-DAM ti-va-LED
- sentence
ha-ri-SHON a-DAM ti-va-LED ve-lif-NE ge-va-OT kho-LAL-ta
Exegesis
carries the interrogative heh, fronting “firstness” for emphasis before the subject adam {אָדָם | ʾāḏām} ‘man’.
Root and etymology
consonantsAleph–Dalet–Mem
“human, mankind”
In context — Job 15:7
Were you born as the first man? Or were you brought forth before the hills?
About this coordinate
Job 15:7:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:7, so the Hebrew word אָ֭דָם (adam) 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 Job.15.7.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.7.W2.S1) and character.