Lamentations 4:7:6Lam.4.7.W6TAB
אָ֤דְמוּ
admu
“were red”
- Transliteration
- ad-MU
- Extended
- aahd-MOO
- IPA
- /ʔaːdˈmuː/
Meaning by language
- English
- were red
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 | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
ad-MU
- phraseyour reading level
ad-MU E-tsem
- clause
ad-MU E-tsem mi-pe-ni-NIM sa-PIR giz-ra-TAM
- sentence
za-KU ne-zi-RE-ha mi-she-LEG tsa-KHU me-kha-LAV ad-MU E-tsem mi-pe-ni-NIM sa-PIR giz-ra-TAM
Exegesis
A series of perfect verbs (zaku, tzachu {צַח֖וּ | ṣaḥû} ‘they were whiter,’ admu {אָ֤דְמוּ | ʾā-ḏ-mû} ‘they were more ruddy’) builds intensity.
In context — Lamentations 4:7
Her Nazirites were purer than snow, whiter than milk; their body was more ruddy than jewels, and their appearance was like sapphire.
About this coordinate
Lamentations 4:7:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Lamentations 4:7, so the Hebrew word אָ֤דְמוּ (admu) 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.4.7.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Lam.4.7.W6.S1) and character.