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title: עֲדֻלָּם — Adullam · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲדֻלָּם (5725), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: Adullam. BDB 1906: n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲדֻלָּם

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«עֲדֻלָּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adullam** — 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:** 5725 · **BDB:** עֲדֻלָּם

### Glosses

Adullam (4); of.Adullam (4)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adullam [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5725/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5725/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.loc. old Canaanite city, 𝔊 Οδολλαμ, with king Jos 12:15 (D), in the שְׁפֵלָה 15:35 (P; 𝔊L Αδαλαμ), cf. Mi 1:15; Ne 11:30; (re-) built by Rehob. according to 2 Ch 11:7 (Οδολαμ); מְעָדַת ע׳ (read מְצֻדַת, מְצָדַת, v. מְצָרָה sub I. ערר) 1 S 22:1; 2 S 23:13; 1 Ch 11:15; site prob. ʿÎd-el-Mîye, c. 13 miles WSW. from Bethlehem, v. GASmGeogr. 229 BuhlGeogr. 193 and reff.

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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 (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 «עֲדֻלָּם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5725/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joshua 12:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.12.15/)

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מֶ֤לֶךְ לִבְנָה֙ אֶחָ֔ד מֶ֥לֶךְ עֲדֻלָּ֖ם אֶחָֽד׃

*Word for word:* the.king of.Libnah one the.king of.Adullam one

*JPS 1917:* the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

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[Joshua 15:35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.15.35/)

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יַרְמוּת֙ וַעֲדֻלָּ֔ם שׂוֹכֹ֖ה וַעֲזֵקָֽה׃

*Word for word:* Jarmuth and Adullam Socoh and Azekah

*JPS 1917:* Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah;

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