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title: אֲדֹמִי — Edomite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲדֹמִי (130), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 12 times: Edomite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. Edomite. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲדֹמִי

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«אֲדֹמִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Edomite** — 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:** 12 times · **Key:** 130 · **BDB:** אֲדֹמִי

### Glosses

Edomite (7); \[the\].Edomites (2); Edomite.\[women\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Edomite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/130/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. Edomite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/130/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Edomite Dt 23:8 1 S 21:8; 22:9, 18, 22 1 K 11:14 ψ 52:2; אֲדוֹמִים 2 Ch 25:14; 28:17; so 2 K 16:6 (Qr; Kt ארומים, v. ארם); אֲדֹמִיִּים 1 K 11:17; f. אֲדֹמִיּוֹת 1 K 11:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «אֲדֹמִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/130/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 28:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.28.17/)

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וְע֥וֹד אֲדוֹמִ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיַּכּ֥וּ בִיהוּדָ֖ה וַיִּשְׁבּוּ־שֶֽׁבִי׃

*Word for word:* and again \[the\].Edomites they.had.come and they.had.defeated (in) Judah and they.had.taken.captive captive\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.

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[Deuteronomy 23:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.23.8/)

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לֹֽא־תְתַעֵ֣ב אֲדֹמִ֔י כִּ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ ה֑וּאס לֹא־תְתַעֵ֣ב מִצְרִ֔י כִּי־גֵ֖ר הָיִ֥יתָ בְאַרְצֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* not you.will.abhor an.Edomite (dm) relative \[is\].your he not you.will.abhor an.Egyptian (dm) a.sojourner you.were in land his

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite, for he is thy brother; thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian, because thou wast a stranger in his land.

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