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

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Result
אָ֭ + דָם
a + dam
adam

Alphabet Analysis

Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Vowels (Niqqud)

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The word

Word in context

  1. word

    a-DAM

  2. clause

    ha-ri-SHON a-DAM ti-va-LED

  3. 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 contextJob 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.