Leviticus 13:42:7Lev.13.42.W7TAB
אֲדַמְדָּ֑ם
adamdam
“reddish”
- Transliteration
- a-dam-DAM
- Extended
- ah-dam-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔădamˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- reddish
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| 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-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
la-VAN a-dam-DAM
- clause
veh-KHI-yi-HYEH va-ka-RA-khat OH va-ga-BA-khat NE-ga la-VAN a-dam-DAM
- sentence
veh-KHI-yi-HYEH va-ka-RA-khat OH va-ga-BA-khat NE-ga la-VAN a-dam-DAM tsa-RA-at po-RA-khat HEE be-ka-rakh-TO OH veh-ga-BAKH-TO
Exegesis
The noun phrase nega‘ lavan adamdam {נֶגַע לָבָן אֲדַמְדָּם | negaʿ lāḇān ʾăḏamḏām} ‘white and reddish sore’ combines noun and color adjectives in diagnostic detail.
In context — Leviticus 13:42
And if there is on the bald head or on the bald forehead a sore that is white and reddish, it is a leprosy breaking out in his baldness or in his frontal baldness.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 13:42:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 13:42, so the Hebrew word אֲדַמְדָּ֑ם (adamdam) 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 Lev.13.42.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.13.42.W7.S1) and character.