Zechariah 13:5:6Zech.13.5.W6TAB
אֲדָמָה֙
adama
“the ground or soil”
- Transliteration
- a-da-MA
- Extended
- ah-daa-MAA
- IPA
- /ʔăðaːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- the ground or soil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Hateph Patach | reduced 'ah' | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-da-MA
- phraseyour reading level
ISH-o-VED a-da-MA
- clause
ISH-o-VED a-da-MA a-NO-khi KI a-DAM hik-na-NI min-ne-u-RAI
- sentence
ve-a-MAR LO na-VI a-no-KHI ISH-o-VED a-da-MA a-NO-khi KI a-DAM hik-na-NI min-ne-u-RAI
Exegesis
The compound nominal ish-oved-adamah {אִישׁ-עֹבֵד אֲדָמָה | ʾîš-ʿō-ḇēḏ ʾă-ḏā-māh} ‘man working the soil’ merges personal and occupational identity.
Root and etymology
א־ד־מ
“ground, soil”
In context — Zechariah 13:5
But he will say, “I am not a prophet ; I am a man working the soil . For a man has acquired me from my youth.”
About this coordinate
Zechariah 13:5:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Zechariah 13:5, so the Hebrew word אֲדָמָה֙ (adama) 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 Zech.13.5.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.5.W6.S1) and character.