Proverbs 30:2:6Prov.30.2.W6TAB
אָדָ֣ם
adam
“a human or man”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈdaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a human or man
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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
a-DAM LI
- clause
ve-LO-bi-NAT a-DAM LI
- sentence
KI BA-ar a-no-KHI me-ISH ve-LO-bi-NAT a-DAM LI
Exegesis
The prefixed conjunction and negation combine in ve-lo-binát {וְלֹא־בִינַת | və-lō-binát} ‘and not understanding’ to convey absence of insight, and the construct binát adam {בִינַת אָדָם | binát ʾāḏām} ‘understanding of a man’ specifies the nature of the missing comprehension.
Root and etymology
א־ד־ם
“of the red earth”
In context — Proverbs 30:2
Surely I am more brutish than any man, and I do not have the understanding of a man.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 30:2:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 30:2, so the Hebrew word אָדָ֣ם (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.30.2.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.30.2.W6.S1) and character.