Lexical Definition

‎אֲדָמָה‎ ʼădâmâh (ad-aw-maw') land: soil ^H:N-F
from ‎אָדַם‎

country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.

• soil (from its general redness)

1) ground, land
1a) ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance)
1b) piece of ground, a specific plot of land
1c) earth substance (for building or constructing)
1d) ground as earth's visible surface
1e) land, territory, country
1f) whole inhabited earth
1g) city in Naphtali

See Greek: γῆ · χώρα

Extended Information

• : soil

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲדָמָה‎₂₂₄ noun feminine ground, land (as tilled, German bebaut ? Dl^{Pr 105}, but Fleisch. (Merx^{Archiv 1, 236 f}) compare Arabic , skin, as smoothly covering & close-fitting; √ ‎דם‎ compare Arabic smear (spread over surface); compare also Nö^{ZMG 1886, 737}) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 1:25 +; construct ‎אַדְמַת‎ Gen 47:20 +; suffix ‎אַדְמָתִי‎ Job 31:38 + 2 t. etc.; plural ‎אֲדָמוֺת‎ Ps 49:12* —

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

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

3. earth as material substance; of which man is made Gen 2:7 (‎׳‎‎עָפָד מִןהָֿא‎); so animals vGen 2:19 (‎׳‎‎מִןהָֿא‎); altar Exod 20:24 earthen vessels ‎׳‎‎חַרְשֵׂי א‎ Isa 45:9 on head, sign of woe 1Sam 4:12; 2Sam 1:2; 2Sam 15:32 of contrition Neh 9:1 (compare ‎אֵפֶר‎, ‎עָפָר‎; ‎׳‎‎מַעֲבֵה הָא‎ 1Kgs 7:46 compare 2Chr 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 2Kgs 5:17 in it lie the dead ‎מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעָֿפָר‎ Dan 12:2 compare Gen 3:19; Gen 3:23; Ps 146:4.

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

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

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

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

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