Lexical Definition

‎אֱדֹם‎ ʼĔdôm (ed-ome') Edom ^N:N--L
or (fully) אֱדוֹם ʼĔdôwm (ed-ome') ; from ‎אָדֹם‎; red (see Genesis 25:25)

Edom, Edomites, Idumea.

• § Edom = "red"
• Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob
• hence the region (Idumaea) occupied by him

1) Edom
2) Edomite, Idumean-descendants of Esau
3) land of Edom, Idumea-land south and south east of Palestine

See Greek: ἐρυθρός · πυῤῥός · Ἰδουμαία

Extended Information

name of: עֵשָׂו

• A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.25
• son of: Isaac (יִצְחָק) and Rebekah (רִבְקָה)
• brother of: Israel (יִשְׂרָאֵל); married to Oholibamah (אׇהֳלִיבָמָה), Judith (יְהוּדִית), Adah (עָדָה) and Mahalath (מַחֲלַת)
• Another name of e.sav (‎ע‎ֵ‎ש‎ָׂ‎ו‎ "Esau" עֵשָׂו)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֱדֹם‎ noun [masculine] name of a condiment (Arabic see Anderson in Di; compare Assyrian adumatu ? Dl^W) ‎׳‎‎הָאֱ‎ Gen 25:30 (twice in verse) (J; so read for ‎׳‎‎הָאָ‎ MT; see Di).

‎אֱדוֺם‎ ( ‎אֱדֹם‎ Ezek 25:14)

proper name, masculine 1. Edom (name of a god ? see Sta^{G. 1, 121} RS^{Sem 43}; see n.pr. ‎עבדאדם‎; but Bae^{Rel 10} thinks dialect variant reading of ‎אָדָם‎, ‎בני אדום‎ = ‎בְנֵי אָדָם‎) = Esau, elderson of Isaac Gen 25:30 (J) (where etymology = red, compare vGen 25:25 (E ?) & below ‎אַדְמוֺנִי‎ Gen 36:1; Gen 36:8; Gen 36:19 (P).

2. collective (masculine but feminine Mal 1:4) Edomites, Idumeans as descendants of Esau Gen 36:9; Gen 36:43 (P); also 1Sam 14:47 + 31 t. + 2Sam 8:13 (for ᵑ0 ‎ארם‎; ᵐ5 ᵑ6 see 1Chr 18:12; Ps 60:2*, We Dr); perhaps also vPs 60:12* (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 1Chr 18:11 ᵑ0 ‎ארם‎ but see We Dr); also 2Chr 20:2 (see Berthau); ‎׳‎‎א‎ = king of Edom Num 20:18; Num 20:20; Num 20:21 in poetry ‎׳‎‎בְּנֵי א‎ Ps 137:7 ‎׳‎‎בַּת א‎ Lam 4:21; Lam 4:22

3. land of Edom, Idumaea (f. Ezek 32:29; Ezek 35:15 and Ezek 36:5) south & southeast of Palestine Gen 36:32; Gen 36:43 + 32 t. (including ‎שְׂדֵה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 32:4* ‎׳‎‎אֶרֶץ א‎ Gen 36:16; Gen 36:17; Gen 36:21; Gen 36:31; Num 20:23; Num 21:4; Num 33:37 +); — uncertain weather 2 or 3 are Exod 15:15; Num 20:14; Num 24:18 + 9 t. (chiefly in ‎׳‎‎מֶלֶח א‎ etc.) **See now FBuhl^{Geschichte. d. Edomiter (1893)}.

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