Zechariah 13:5:9Zech.13.5.W9TAB
אָדָ֖ם
adam
“a man”
- Transliteration
- a-DAM
- Extended
- aa-DAAM
- IPA
- /ʔaːˈðaːm/
Meaning by language
- English
- a 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
KI a-DAM
- 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 conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘for’ introduces a causal clause, where adam {אָדָם | ʾā-ḏām} ‘man’ and the Hiphil perfect hiqnani {הִקְנַנִי | hiq-nā-nî} ‘has acquired me’ express possession, and the prepositional phrase minneurai {מִנְּעוּרָי | min-nə-ʿû-rāy} ‘from my youth’ situates the temporal frame.
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 13:5:9 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 9 of Zechariah 13:5, so the Hebrew word אָדָ֖ם (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 Zech.13.5.W9, which extends further down to each syllable (Zech.13.5.W9.S1) and character.