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title: אֲדַמְדָּם — reddish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲדַמְדָּם (125), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: reddish. BDB 1906: adj. reddish. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲדַמְדָּם

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«אֲדַמְדָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **reddish** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 125 · **BDB:** אֲדַמִדָּם

### Glosses

reddish (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

reddish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/125/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. reddish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/125/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. reddish (cf. As.ada(m)mumu? DlW) of leprous sores Lv 13:42 (־דָּ֑ם) v 49 (־דָֹם); f. אֲדַמְדֶּמֶת v 24, 43; ־דָ֑מֶת v 19; f. pl. אֲדַמְדַּמֹּת 14:37.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲדַמְדָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/125/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 13:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.19/)

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וְהָיָ֞ה בִּמְק֤וֹם הַשְּׁחִין֙ שְׂאֵ֣ת לְבָנָ֔ה א֥וֹ בַהֶ֖רֶת לְבָנָ֣ה אֲדַמְדָּ֑מֶת וְנִרְאָ֖ה אֶל־הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be in the.place of the.boil a.swelling white or a.bright.spot white reddish and he.will.present.himself to the priest

*JPS 1917:* and in the place of the boil there is a white rising, or a bright spot, reddish-white, then it shall be shown to the priest.

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[Leviticus 13:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.13.24/)

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א֣וֹ בָשָׂ֔ר כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֥ה בְעֹר֖וֹ מִכְוַת־אֵ֑שׁ וְֽהָיְתָ֞ה מִֽחְיַ֣ת הַמִּכְוָ֗ה בַּהֶ֛רֶת לְבָנָ֥ה אֲדַמְדֶּ֖מֶת א֥וֹ לְבָנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* or flesh (dm) it.will.be on skin its a.burn of.fire and it.will.be the.raw.spot of the.burn a.bright.spot white reddish or white

*JPS 1917:* Or when the flesh hath in the skin thereof a burning by fire, and the quick flesh of the burning become a bright spot, reddish-white, or white;

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