Leviticus 18:5:7Lev.18.5.W7TAB
הָאָדָ֖ם
haadam
“the person”
- Transliteration
- ha-a-DAM
- Extended
- hah-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /haː.ʔa.ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- the person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-a-DAM
- clause
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM
- sentence
u-sheh-MAR-tem eht-KHUK-koh-TAI veh-eht-mish-pa-TAI a-SHER ya-a-SEH oh-TAM ha-a-DAM wa-KHAI ba-HEM a-NEE Ye-ho-VAH
Exegesis
The relative particle asher {אֲשֶׁר | ʾă-šer} frames a subordinate clause in which ya'aseh {יַעֲשֶׂה | ya-ʿă-śeh} ‘he shall do’ takes otam {אֹתָם | ʾō-ṯām} ‘them’ as object and ha'adam {הָאָדָם | hā-ʾā-ḏām} ‘the person’ as subject.
Root and etymology
ʾ-d-maleph-dalet-mem
“human being”
In context — Leviticus 18:5
And you shall keep my statutes and my judgments, which if a person does them, that person shall live by them. I am the LORD .
About this coordinate
Leviticus 18:5:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Leviticus 18:5, so the Hebrew word הָאָדָ֖ם (haadam) 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.18.5.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.18.5.W7.S1) and character.