Numbers 19:14:3Num.19.14.W3TAB
אָדָ֖ם
adam
“a person”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a person
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| 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
a-DAM
- clause
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel
- sentence
ZOT ha-to-RAH a-DAM ki-ya-MUT be-O-hel kol-ha-BA el-ha-O-hel ve-kol-a-SHER ba-O-hel yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
The clause adam ki-yamut {אָדָם כִּי־יָמוּת | ʾādām kī-yā-mût} ‘a person when he dies’ introduces a protasis for a general legal provision.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph-dalet-mem
“man, mankind”
In context — Numbers 19:14
This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent, and everyone already in the tent, will be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:14:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 19:14, so the Hebrew word אָדָ֖ם (adam) 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 Num.19.14.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.14.W3.S1) and character.