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title: עֲדֻלָּמִי — Adullamite · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֲדֻלָּמִי (5726), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: Adullamite. BDB 1906: adj.gent. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֲדֻלָּמִי

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«עֲדֻלָּמִי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Adullamite** — 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:** 3 times · **Key:** 5726 · **BDB:** עֲדֻלָּמִי

### Glosses

Adullamite (2); an.Adullamite (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Adullamite [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5726/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.gent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5726/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj.gent. Adullamite;—אִישׁ ע׳ Gn 38:1, הָע׳ as subst. v 12, 20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «עֲדֻלָּמִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5726/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 38:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.1/)

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וַֽיְהִי֙ בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֔וא וַיֵּ֥רֶד יְהוּדָ֖ה מֵאֵ֣ת אֶחָ֑יו וַיֵּ֛ט עַד־אִ֥ישׁ עֲדֻלָּמִ֖י וּשְׁמ֥וֹ חִירָֽה׃

*Word for word:* and it.was at the time (the) that and he.went.down Judah from with brothers his and he.turned.aside to a.man an.Adullamite and name his \[was\].Hirah

*JPS 1917:* And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah.

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[Genesis 38:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.38.20/)

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וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח יְהוּדָ֜ה אֶת־גְּדִ֣י הָֽעִזִּ֗ים בְּיַד֙ רֵעֵ֣הוּ הָֽעֲדֻלָּמִ֔י לָקַ֥חַת הָעֵרָב֖וֹן מִיַּ֣ד הָאִשָּׁ֑ה וְלֹ֖א מְצָאָֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* and he.sent Judah (et) the.kid of the.goats by the.hand his.friend his the Adullamite to take the pledge from the.hand of the.woman and not he found.her

*JPS 1917:* And Judah sent the kid of the goats by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand; but he found her not.

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