אֲדָמָה

1. ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance) 1 Mos 2,5; 1 Mos 2,9; 1 Mos 3,17; 1 Mos 3,23; 1 Mos 4,2; 1 Mos 4,3; 1 Mos 4,12; 1 Mos 5,29; 1 Mos 8,21; 1 Mos 19,25; 1 Mos 47,23; 2 Mos 34,26 (all J); 2 Mos 23,19 (E) 5 Mos 7,13; 5 Mos 11,17; 5 Mos 26,2; 5 Mos 26,10; 5 Mos 26,15; 5 Mos 28,4; 5 Mos 28,11; 5 Mos 28,18; 5 Mos 28,33; 5 Mos 28,42; 5 Mos 28,51; 5 Mos 30,9; 2 Sam 9,10; Es 1,7; Es 28,24; Es 30,23 (twice in verse); Es 30,24; Jer 7,20; Jer 14,4; Jer 25,33; Hag 1,11; Mal 3,11; Sl 83,11; Sl 105,35; Ord 12,11; Ord 28,19; 1 Kron 27,26; Neh 10,36; Neh 10,38 compare figurative Job 5,6 (|| עפר); personified Job 31,38; Joel 1,10 also ׳אִישׁ הָא 1 Mos 9,20 (J) tiller, husbandman; meton. ׳אֹהֵב א 2 Kron 26,10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare Dl^{Pr 105}) ׳אִישׁ עֹבֵד א Zak 13,5.

2. piece of ground, landed property 1 Mos 47,18; 1 Mos 47,19 (3 t. in verse); 1 Mos 47,20; 1 Mos 47,22 (twice in verse); 1 Mos 47,23; 1 Mos 47,26 (all J) Sl 49,12 (plural)

3. earth as material substance; of which man is made 1 Mos 2,7 (׳עָפָד מִןהָֿא); so animals v1 Mos 2,19 (׳מִןהָֿא); altar 2 Mos 20,24 earthen vessels ׳חַרְשֵׂי א Es 45,9 on head, sign of woe 1 Sam 4,12; 2 Sam 1,2; 2 Sam 15,32 of contrition Neh 9,1 (compare אֵפֶר, עָפָר; ׳מַעֲבֵה הָא 1 Kong 7,46 compare 2 Kron 4,17 (firmness of earth, firm earth, clay-ground, for casting-moulds; or clay-moulds (Berthau) ? or is this n.pr. ? Klo proposes בַּמְּעָרָה הָאֲדֻמָּה in the red cave); mule-loads of 2 Kong 5,17 in it lie the dead מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעָֿפָר Dan 12,2 compare 1 Mos 3,19; 1 Mos 3,23; Sl 146,4.

4. ground as earth's visible surface; ׳רֶמֶס הָא 1 Mos 1,25; 1 Mos 6,20 (both P) Hos 2,20 compare 1 Mos 7,8; 1 Mos 9,2 (J ?) 3 Mos 20,25 (P) 5 Mos 4,18; Ezk 38,20 also 1 Mos 4,10 (J) Es 24,21; Amos 3,5; Sef 1,2; Sef 1,3 as wet with dew 2 Sam 17,12 rain 1 Kong 17,14; 1 Kong 18,1 compare personified אֶתפִּֿיהָ ׳פָּֽצְתָה הָא 4 Mos 16,30 (P) (|| ארץ v4 Mos 16,32), see v4 Mos 16,31 of particular place, spot קֹדֶשׁ ׳א 2 Mos 3,5 especially as abode of man 1 Mos 4,11; 2 Mos 10,6; 5 Mos 4,10; 5 Mos 4,40; 5 Mos 12,1; 1 Sam 20,31; 2 Sam 14,7 often ׳פְּנֵי הָא 1 Mos 2,6; 1 Mos 4,14; 1 Mos 6,1; 1 Mos 6,7; 1 Mos 7,4; 1 Mos 7,23; 1 Mos 8,8; 1 Mos 8,13; 2 Mos 32,12; 2 Mos 33,16; 4 Mos 12,3; 5 Mos 6,15; 5 Mos 7,6 (all J, D) 1 Sam 20,15 + 9 t.

5. land, territory, country (= ארץ) 1 Mos 47,19 (J) 3 Mos 20,24 (J ? — || ארץ) construct before proper name מִצְרַיִם ׳א 1 Mos 47,20; 1 Mos 47,26 יְהוּדָה ׳א Es 19,17 יִשְׂרָאֵל ׳א Ezk 11,17 + 16 t. Ezekiel; especially of land as promised or given by ׳י to his people = Canaan 1 Mos 28,15; 2 Mos 20,12; 4 Mos 11,12; 4 Mos 32,11 (all J ?) 5 Mos 5,16 + 16 t. Deuteronomy, Joshua; 1 Kong 8,34; 1 Kong 8,40 +; Jer 16,15; Jer 24,10; Jer 25,5; Jer 35,15; Ezk 28,25; 2 Kron 6,25; 2 Kron 6,31; 2 Kron 7,20; 2 Kron 33,8 compare also 5 Mos 12,19; 5 Mos 21,23; 5 Mos 29,27; 2 Kong 17,23; Es 6,11; Es 7,16; Es 14,1 +, Ezk 34,13; Ezk 34,27 +, Neh 9,25 (שְׁמֵנָה ׳א), — in all with 41 t.; + Joel 2,21 (personified); הַקֹּדֶשׁ ׳א Zak 2,16 (compare below 4 above); hence also as Yahweh's land 5 Mos 32,43; Es 14,2; Zak 9,16; 2 Kron 7,20.

6. whole earth, inhabited earth (seldom; compare also ׳פְּנֵי הָא below 4 above) 1 Mos 12,3; 1 Mos 28,14 (both J compare אֶרֶץ 1 Mos 18,18; 1 Mos 22,18; 1 Mos 26,4) 5 Mos 14,2; Amos 3,2; Es 24,21.

7. proper name, of a location city in Naphtali (as built compare אָדָם 4 ? = ed-Dâme ?) west of L. Gennes. Jos 19,36 see Di.