Proverbs 15:20:5Prov.15.20.W5TAB
אָ֝דָ֗ם
adam
“a man”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈðaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a man
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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Word in context
- word
a-DAM
- phraseyour reading level
u-khe-SIL a-DAM
- clause
u-khe-SIL a-DAM bo-ZE i-MO
- sentence
BEN kha-KHAM ye-sa-ME-akh-AV u-khe-SIL a-DAM bo-ZE i-MO
Exegesis
The proverb employs synonymous parallelism by pairing ben {בֵּן | bēn} ‘son’ + chakham {חָכָם | ḥākâm} ‘wise’ against u-kesil {וּכְסִיל | wə-kəsîl} ‘and fool’ + adam {אָדָם | ʾāḏām} ‘man.’
In context — Proverbs 15:20
A wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 15:20:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 15:20, so the Hebrew word אָ֝דָ֗ם (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 Prov.15.20.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.15.20.W5.S1) and character.