Leviticus 24:20:13Lev.24.20.W13TAB
בּֽאָדָ֔ם
baadam
“in a person”
- Transliteration
- ba-a-DAM
- Extended
- bah-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /ba.ʔa.ˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- in a person
Alphabet Analysis
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| 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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The word
Word in context
- word
ba-a-DAM
- clause
ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
- sentence
SHE-ver TA-khat SHE-ver A-yin TA-khat A-yin SHEN TA-khat SHEN ka-a-SHER yi-TEN MUM ba-a-DAM KEN yi-na-TEN BO
Exegesis
The prepositional construct baadam {בָּֽאָדָם | bāʼādam} ‘in a person’ situates the offense, while ken {כֵּ֖ן | kēn} ‘thus’ finalizes the symmetrical structure. In translating, English maintains the Hebrew parallelism to preserve the solemn legal tone and rhetorical balance.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph, dalet, mem
“man; human”
In context — Leviticus 24:20
Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he causes an injury to a person , so it shall be inflicted upon him.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 24:20:13 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 13 of Leviticus 24:20, so the Hebrew word בּֽאָדָ֔ם (baadam) 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.24.20.W13, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.24.20.W13.S1) and character.