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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Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
O ve-a-DAM
- clause
O ve-a-DAM a-SHER yit-ma-LO le-KHOL tum-a-TO
- 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 context — Leviticus 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.