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title: אָדֹם — red · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָדֹם (122), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: red. BDB 1906: adj. red. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָדֹם

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«אָדֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **red** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 122 · **BDB:** אָדֹם²

### Glosses

red (5); \[stew\] (2); \[does\].redness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

red [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/122/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. red [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/122/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. red—א׳ Is 63:2 Zc 1:8 + Gn 25:30(×2), v. infr.; אָדוֹם Ct 5:10; f. אֲדֻמָּה Nu 19:2, pl. אֲדֻמִּים 2 K 3:22 + 2 textual;—ruddy, red, of man Ct 5:10; horse Zc 1:8(×2) (‖ שָׂרֹק cf. As.DlW 87 6:2 (‖ שָׁחֹר); heifer Nu 19:2; water 2 K 3:22 (א׳ כַּדָּם); cf. as subst. red, redness on garment Is 63:2; הָאָדֹם = the (red) lentils Gn 25:30(×2), but rd. הָאֱדֹם v. infr.; cf. also מַעֲלֶה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָדֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/122/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.10/)

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דּוֹדִ֥י צַח֙ וְאָד֔וֹם דָּג֖וּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃

*Word for word:* lover my \[is\].dazzling and ruddy \[he.is\].conspicuous more than.ten.thousand

*JPS 1917:* 'My beloved is white and ruddy, pre-eminent above ten thousand.

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[Isaiah 63:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.63.2/)

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מַדּ֥וּעַ אָדֹ֖ם לִלְבוּשֶׁ֑ךָ וּבְגָדֶ֖יךָ כְּדֹרֵ֥ךְ בְּגַֽת׃

*Word for word:* why? \[does\].redness \[belong\].to clothing your and.\[are\] garments? your like \[one.who\].treads in a.winepress

*JPS 1917:* 'Wherefore is Thine apparel red, and Thy garments like his that treadeth in the winevat?' —

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