Numbers 19:16:10Num.19.16.W10TAB
אָדָ֖ם
adam
“of a person”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAHM
- IPA
- /aˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- of 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
- phraseyour reading level
OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM
- clause
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver
- sentence
ve-KOL a-SHER yi-GA al-pe-NEI ha-sa-DEH ba-kha-LAL-KHE-rev OH be-MET OH-be-ET-sem a-DAM OH be-KA-ver yit-MA shiv-AT ya-MIM
Exegesis
A series of disjunctive clauses introduced by o {אוֹ | ʾō} ‘or’ presents alternatives: contact with met {מֵת | mēt} ‘dead body’, etsem {עֶצֶם | ʿe-ṣem} ‘bone’, adam {אָדָם | ʾā-dām} ‘person’, or kaver {קָבֶר | qā-ḇer} ‘grave’.
Root and etymology
d-m-mdalet-mem-mem
“blood, lifeblood”
In context — Numbers 19:16
And anyone who touches, on the surface of the field, one slain by the sword, or a dead body, or a bone, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days.
About this coordinate
Numbers 19:16:10 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 10 of Numbers 19:16, 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.19.16.W10, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.19.16.W10.S1) and character.