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title: עָדָה — Adah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָדָה (5711), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Adah. BDB 1906: n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָדָה

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«עָדָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adah** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 5711 · **BDB:** עָדָה³

### Glosses

Adah (3); of.Adah (3); O.Adah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5711/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5711/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.f. (ornament; or (Arabic غُدْوَةٌ, غَدْوَةٌ) morning) 𝔊 Αδ(δ)α;—wife, of Lamech Gn 4:19, 20, 23 (J). of Esau 36:2, 4, 10, 12, 16 (PR).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (11 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָדָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5711/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 4:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.4.20/)

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וַתֵּ֥לֶד עָדָ֖ה אֶת־יָבָ֑ל ה֣וּא הָיָ֔ה אֲבִ֕י יֹשֵׁ֥ב אֹ֖הֶל וּמִקְנֶֽה׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Adah (et) Jabal he he.was \[the\].father of.dweller\[s\] of.tent and livestock

*JPS 1917:* And Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of such as dwell in tents and have cattle.

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[Genesis 36:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.36.4/)

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וַתֵּ֧לֶד עָדָ֛ה לְעֵשָׂ֖ו אֶת־אֱלִיפָ֑ז וּבָ֣שְׂמַ֔ת יָלְדָ֖ה אֶת־רְעוּאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* and she.bore Adah to Esau (et) Eliphaz and Basemath she.bore (et) Reuel

*JPS 1917:* And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Basemath bore Reuel;

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