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title: אֱדוֹם — Edom · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֱדוֹם (123), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 100 times: Edom. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. Edom. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֱדוֹם

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«אֱדוֹם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Edom** — 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:** 100 times · **Key:** 123 · **BDB:** אֱדוֹם

### Glosses

Edom (56); of.Edom (41); \[is\].Edom (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Edom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/123/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. Edom [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/123/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** (†אֱדֹם Ez 25:14) n.pr.m. Edom (name of a god? v. StaG.1, 121 RSSem 43; vid. n.pr. עבדאדם; but BaeRel 10 thinks dial. var. of אָדָם, בני אדום = בְנֵי אָדָם) = Esau, elderson of Isaac Gn 25:30 (J) (where etym. = red, cf. v 25 (E?) \& sub אַדְמוֹנִי) 36:1, 8, 19 (P). coll. (m. but f. Mal 1:4) Edomites, Idumeans as descend. of Esau Gn 36:9, 43 (P); also 1 S 14:47 + 31 textual + 2 S 8:13 (for MT ארם; 𝔊𝔖, v. 1 Ch 18:12 ψ 60:2, We Dr); perh. also v 12 (𝔊𝔖 1 Ch 18:11; MT ארם but v. We Dr); also 2 Ch 20:2 (v. Be); א׳ = king of Edom Nu 20:18, 20, 21; poet. בְּנֵי א׳ ψ 137:7 בַּת א׳ La 4:21, 22. v. now F BuhlGesch. Edomiter (1893). land of Edom, Idumaea (f. Ez 32:29; 35:15 and 36:5) S. \& SE. of Pal. Gn 36:32, 43 + 32 textual (incl. שְׂדֵה א׳ Gn 32:4; אֶרֶץ א׳ Gn 36:16, 17, 21, 31 Nu 20:23 21:4 33:37 +);—uncertain whether 2 or 3 are Ex 15:15 Nu 20:14; 24:18 + 9 textual (chiefly in מֶלֶךְ א׳ etc.)

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 33 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 «אֱדוֹם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/123/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 36:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.1/)

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וְאֵ֛לֶּה תֹּלְד֥וֹת עֵשָׂ֖ו ה֥וּא אֱדֽוֹם׃

*Word for word:* and these \[are\].the.accounts of.Esau that \[is\].Edom

*JPS 1917:* Now these are the generations of Esau — the same is Edom.

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[1 Kings 22:48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1KI.22.48/)

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וּמֶ֥לֶךְ אֵ֛ין בֶּאֱד֖וֹם נִצָּ֥ב מֶֽלֶךְ׃

*Word for word:* and a.king there.\[was\].not in Edom an.overseer \[was\].king

*JPS 1917:* And there was no king in Edom: a deputy was king.

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