Lamentations 3:39:2Lam.3.39.W2TAB
אָדָ֣ם
adam
“a human”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-DAM KHAI
- sentence
ma-yit-o-NEIN a-DAM KHAI GE-ver al-khe-TO kha-ta-AV
Exegesis
The sequence adam {אָדָ֣ם | ʾāḏām} followed by chay {חָ֔י | ḥāy} and then gever {גֶּ֖בֶר | geḇer} is appositional, tightening the focus from “human” to “living” to “man,” which heightens the irony: one who still lives is in no position to contest the moral grounds of what he experiences.
Root and etymology
consonantsaleph–dalet–mem
“human, mankind”
In context — Lamentations 3:39
Why would a living man complain, a man, because of his sin, his sins?
About this coordinate
Lamentations 3:39:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Lamentations 3:39, so the Hebrew word אָדָ֣ם (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 Lam.3.39.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Lam.3.39.W2.S1) and character.