Jonah 4:2:9Jonah.4.2.W9TAB
עַל־אַדְמָתִ֔י
aladmati
“on my ground or on my land”
- Transliteration
- al-ad-ma-TI
- Extended
- ahl-ahd-mah-TEE
- IPA
- /ʕal.ʔadmaːˈtiː/
Meaning by language
- English
- on my ground or on my land
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī |
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The word
Word in context
- word
al-ad-ma-TI
- clause
va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA
- sentence
va-yit-pal-LEL el-ye-ho-VAH va-yo-MAR AN-na ye-ho-VAH ha-lo-ZE de-va-RI ad-he-yo-TI al-ad-ma-TI al-KEN ki-dam-TI liv-RO-akh tar-shi-SHA KI ya-da-TI KI a-TA el-kha-NUN ve-ra-KHUM E-rekh a-PA-yim ve-rav-KHE-sed ve-ni-KHAM al-ha-ra-A
Exegesis
The temporal-local sequence ʿad-hĕyôṯî {עַד־הֱיוֹתִי֙ | ʿad-hĕ-yôṯî} ‘while I was’ + ʿal-ʾadmātî {עַל־אַדְמָתִ֔י | ʿal-ʾad-māṯî} ‘on my land’ establishes the earlier setting as the basis for his present grievance.
In context — Jonah 4:2
And he prayed to the LORD and said, “Please, LORD, is this not my word while I was still on my land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and compassionate, slow to anger, great in steadfast love, and relenting concerning the calamity.”
About this coordinate
Jonah 4:2:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Jonah 4:2, so the Hebrew word עַל־אַדְמָתִ֔י (aladmati) 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 Jonah.4.2.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Jonah.4.2.W9.S1) and character.