Lexical Definition

‎אָדֹם‎ ʼâdôm (aw-dome') red ^H:A
from ‎אָדַם‎

red, ruddy.

• rosy

1) red, ruddy (of man, horse, heifer, garment, water, lentils)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אָדֹם‎ adjective red — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Isa 63:2; Zech 1:8 + Gen 25:30 (twice in verse), see below; ‎אָדוֺם‎ Song 5:10 feminine ‎אֲדֻמָּה‎ Num 19:2, plural ‎אֲדֻמִּים‎ 2Kgs 3:22 + 2 t.; — ruddy, red, of man Song 5:10 horse Zech 1:8 (twice in verse) (|| ‎שָׂרֹק‎ compare Assyrian Dl^{W 87}) Zech 6:2 (|| ‎שָׁחֹר‎); heifer Num 19:2 water 2Kgs 3:22 (‎כַּדָּם‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎); compare as substantive red, redness on garment Isa 63:2 ‎הָאָדֹם‎ = the (red) lentils Gen 25:30 (twice in verse), but read ‎הָאֱדֹם‎ see below; compare also ‎מַעֲלֶה‎.

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