Proverbs 3:13:5Prov.3.13.W5TAB
וְ֝אָדָ֗ם
veadam
“and a man or a person”
- Transliteration
- ve-a-DAM
- Extended
- veh-aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /vəʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- and a man or a person
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Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| 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
ve-a-DAM
- clause
ve-a-DAM ya-FIK te-vu-NA
- sentence
ash-RE a-DAM ma-TSA khokh-MA ve-a-DAM ya-FIK te-vu-NA
Exegesis
The conjunction veadam {וְאָדָם | wə-ʾā-dām} links to the next clause, where yafik {יָפִיק | yā-p̄îq} ‘draws forth’ is a Hiphil imperfect highlighting ongoing effort toward tevunah {תְּבוּנָה | tə-bū-nāh} ‘understanding’. The contrast of perfect and imperfect accentuates both reception and active extraction of insight within a synonymous parallelism.
Root and etymology
ʼ-d-mʼ-d-m
“to be red; humanity”
In context — Proverbs 3:13
Blessed is the man who finds wisdom , and the man who obtains understanding .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 3:13:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Proverbs 3:13, so the Hebrew word וְ֝אָדָ֗ם (veadam) 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.3.13.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.3.13.W5.S1) and character.