אֲדָמָה224 noun feminine ground, land (as tilled, German bebaut ? DlPr 105, but Fleisch. (MerxArchiv 1, 236 f) compare Arabic , skin, as smoothly covering & close-fitting; √ דם compare Arabic smear (spread over surface); compare also NöZMG 1886, 737) — ׳א 1 Mos 1,25 +; construct אַדְמַת 1 Mos 47,20 +; suffix אַדְמָתִי Job 31,38 + 2 t. etc.; plural אֲדָמוֺת Sl 49,12 —
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
DlPr 105)
׳אִישׁ עֹבֵד א Zak 13,5.
3. earth as material substance; of which man is made
1 Mos 2,7 (
׳עָפָד מִןהָֿא); so animals v
1 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 v
4 Mos 16,32), see v
4 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.
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.