Proverbs 27:19:6Prov.27.19.W6TAB
לָאָדָֽם׃
laadam
“to the man”
- Transliteration
- la-a-DAM
- Extended
- laa-ah-DAAM
- IPA
- /laː.ʔaˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- to the man
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| 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
la-a-DAM
- clause
KEN LEV-ha-a-DAM la-a-DAM
- sentence
ka-MA-yim ha-pa-NIM la-pa-NIM KEN LEV-ha-a-DAM la-a-DAM
Exegesis
The construct lev-ha-adam la-adam {לֵב־הָאָדָם לָאָדָם | lēḇ-hā·ʾā·dām lā·ʾā·dām} ‘heart of the man to man’ echoes the face-to-face pattern, emphasizing that the heart reflects the person. The translation preserves Hebrew parallelism and the metaphor of reflection.
Root and etymology
Rootaleph–dalet–mem
“to be red”
In context — Proverbs 27:19
As water reflects face to face, so the heart of a man reflects him.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 27:19:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 27:19, so the Hebrew word לָאָדָֽם׃ (laadam) 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.27.19.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.27.19.W6.S1) and character.