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 Genesis 1:25 +; construct אַדְמַת Genesis 47:20 +; suffix אַדְמָתִי Job 31:38 2t. etc.; plural אֲדָמוֺת Psalm 49:12 —

1 ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance) Genesis 2:5,9; Genesis 3:17,23; Genesis 4:2,3,12; Genesis 5:29; Genesis 8:21; Genesis 19:25; Genesis 47:23; Exodus 34:26 (all J); Exodus 23:19 (E) Deuteronomy 7:13; Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 26:2,10,15; Deuteronomy 28:4,11,18,33,42,51; Deuteronomy 30:9; 2 Samuel 9:10; Isaiah 1:7; Isaiah 28:24; Isaiah 30:23 (twice in verse); Isaiah 30:24; Jeremiah 7:20; Jeremiah 14:4; Jeremiah 25:33; Haggai 1:11; Malachi 3:11; Psalm 83:11; Psalm 105:35; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19; 1 Chronicles 27:26; Nehemiah 10:36; Nehemiah 10:38 compare figurative Job 5:6 ("" עפר); personified Job 31:38; Joel 1:10; also ׳אִישׁ הָא Genesis 9:20 (J) tiller, husbandman; meton. ׳אֹהֵב א2Chronicles 26:10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare Dl^{Pr 105}) ׳אִישׁ עֹבֵד א Zechariah 13:5.

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

3 earth as material substance; of which man is made Genesis 2:7 (׳עָפָד מִןהָֿא); so animals Genesis 2:19 (׳מִןהָֿא); altar Exodus 20:24; earthen vessels ׳חַרְשֵׂי א Isaiah 45:9; on head, sign of woe 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 1:2; 2 Samuel 15:32; of contrition Nehemiah 9:1 (compare אֵפֶר, עָפָר; ׳מַעֲבֵה הָא 1 Kings 7:46 compare 2 Chronicles 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 Kings 5:17; in it lie the dead מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַתעָֿפָר Daniel 12:2 compare Genesis 3:19,23; Psalm 146:4.

4 ground as earth's visible surface; ׳רֶמֶס הָא Genesis 1:25; Genesis 6:20 (both P) Hosea 2:20 compare Genesis 7:8; Genesis 9:2 (J ?) Leviticus 20:25 (P) Deuteronomy 4:18; Ezekiel 38:20; also Genesis 4:10 (J) Isaiah 24:21; Amos 3:5; Zephaniah 1:2,3; as wet with dew 2 Samuel 17:12; rain 1 Kings 17:14; 1 Kings 18:1; compare personified אֶתמִּֿיהָ ׳מָּֽצְתָה הָא Numbers 16:30 (P) ("" ארץ Numbers 16:32), see Numbers 16:31; of particular place, spot קֹדֶשׁ ׳א Exodus 3:5 especially as abode of man Genesis 4:11; Exodus 10:6; Deuteronomy 4:10,40; Deuteronomy 12:1; 1 Samuel 20:31; 2 Samuel 14:7; often ׳מְּנֵי הָא Genesis 2:6; Genesis 4:14; Genesis 6:1,7; Genesis 7:4,23; Genesis 8:8,13; Exodus 32:12; Exodus 33:16; Numbers 12:3; Deuteronomy 6:15; Deuteronomy 7:6 (all J, D) 1 Samuel 20:15 9t.

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

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

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