Leviticus 22:5:8Lev.22.5.W8TAB

בְאָדָם֙

veadam

in a person

Transliteration
ve-a-DAM
Extended
veh-ah-DAHM
IPA
/və.ʔa.ˈdaːm/

Meaning by language

English
in a person

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Result
בְ + אָ + דָם֙
ve + a + dam
veadam

Alphabet Analysis

Betb with dagesh; v without dagesh
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Qametslong 'ah'
Daletd as in door
Qametslong 'ah'
Mem Sofitfinal form of Mem — at word end

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Word in context

  1. word

    ve-a-DAM

  2. phraseyour reading level

    O ve-a-DAM

  3. clause

    O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO

  4. sentence

    O-ISH a-SHER yi-GA be-khol-SHEH-rets a-SHER yit-ma-LO O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO

Exegesis

The disjunctive o {אוֹ | ʾō} then introduces the second parallel scenario, with be-adam {בְאָדָם | bə-ʾā-dam} ‘with a person’ followed by a similar relative clause.

In contextLeviticus 22:5

Or a man who touches any crawling creature that imparts uncleanness to him, or one who comes into contact with a person who becomes unclean through any of his uncleanness .

About this coordinate

Leviticus 22:5:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Leviticus 22:5, so the Hebrew word בְאָדָם֙ (veadam) 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.22.5.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.22.5.W8.S1) and character.