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title: אֲדֻמִּים — Adummim · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲדֻמִּים (131), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: Adummim. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲדֻמִּים

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«אֲדֻמִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adummim** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 131 · **BDB:** אֲדֻמִּים

### Glosses

of.Adummim (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adummim [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/131/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/131/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. v. מַעֲלֶה sub עלה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number, only a cross-reference (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲדֻמִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/131/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 18:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.18.17/)

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וְתָאַ֣ר מִצָּפ֗וֹן וְיָצָא֙ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְיָצָא֙ אֶל־גְּלִיל֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֖כַח מַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֑ים וְיָרַ֕ד אֶ֥בֶן בֹּ֖הַן בֶּן־רְאוּבֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and it.turns from.\[the\] north and it.goes.out En Shemesh and it.goes.out to Geliloth which \[is\].opposite the.ascent of.Adummim and it.goes.down the.stone of Bohan the.son.of.Reuben

*JPS 1917:* And it was drawn on the north, and went out at En-shemesh, and went out to Geliloth, which is over against the ascent of Adummim; and it went down to the Stone of Bohan the son of Reuben.

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[Joshua 15:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.7/)

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וְעָלָ֨ה הַגְּב֥וּל ׀ דְּבִרָה֮ מֵעֵ֣מֶק עָכוֹר֒ וְצָפ֜וֹנָה פֹּנֶ֣ה אֶל־הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל אֲשֶׁר־נֹ֙כַח֙ לְמַעֲלֵ֣ה אֲדֻמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר מִנֶּ֖גֶב לַנָּ֑חַל וְעָבַ֤ר הַגְּבוּל֙ אֶל־מֵי־עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ עֵ֣ינ שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ וְהָי֥וּ תֹצְאֹתָ֖יו אֶל־עֵ֥ינ רֹגֵֽל עֵ֥ינ רֹגֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and it.goes.up the border to Debir from the.valley of.Achor and northward \[it.is\].turning to (the) Gilgal which \[is\].opposite to the.ascent of.Adummim which \[is\].from.\[the\] south of the wadi and it.passes.on the border to the.waters of En.Shemesh and they.are extremities its to En Rogel

*JPS 1917:* And the border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is over against the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south side of the brook; and the border passed along to the waters of En-shemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel.

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