H127. adamah

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

1 ground (as tilled, yielding sustenance) Genesis 2:5, 9; 3:17, 23; 4:2-3, 12; 5:29; 8:21; 19:25; 47:23; Exodus 34:26 (all J); 23:19 (E) Deuteronomy 7:13; 11:17; 26:2, 10, 15; 28:4, 11, 18, 33, 42, 51; 30:9; 2 Samuel 9:10; Isaiah 1:7; 28:24; 30:23 (twice in verse); 30:24; Jeremiah 7:20; 14:4; 25:33; Haggai 1:11; Malachi 3:11; Psalm 83:11; 105:35; Proverbs 12:11; 28:19; 1 Chronicles 27:26; Nehemiah 10:36; 10:38 compare figurative Job 5:6 ("" עפר‎); personified 31:38; Joel 1:10; also הָא ׳אִישׁ‎ Genesis 9:20 (J) tiller, husbandman; meton. א ׳אֹהֵב‎2 Chronicles 26:10 i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare Dl^{Pr 105}) א עֹבֵד ׳אִישׁ‎ Zechariah 13:5.

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

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

4 ground as earth's visible surface; הָא ׳רֶמֶס‎ Genesis 1:25; 6:20 (both P) Hosea 2:20 compare Genesis 7:8; 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; 18:1; compare personified הָא ׳מָּֽצְתָה אֶתמִּֿיהָ‎ Numbers 16:30 (P) ("" ארץ‎ 16:32), see 16:31; of particular place, spot ׳א קֹדֶשׁ‎ Exodus 3:5 especially as abode of man Genesis 4:11; Exodus 10:6; Deuteronomy 4:10, 40; 12:1; 1 Samuel 20:31; 2 Samuel 14:7; often הָא ׳מְּנֵי‎ Genesis 2:6; 4:14; 6:1, 7; 7:4, 23; 8:8, 13; Exodus 32:12; 33:16; Numbers 12:3; Deuteronomy 6:15; 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 ׳א מִצְרַיִם‎ Genesis 47:20, 26; ׳א יְהוּדָה‎ Isaiah 19:17; ׳א יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 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; 32:11 (all J ?) Deuteronomy 5:16 16t. Deuteronomy, Joshua; 1 Kings 8:34, 40 +; Jeremiah 16:15; 24:10; 25:5; 35:15; Ezekiel 28:25; 2 Chronicles 6:25, 31; 7:20; 33:8; compare also Deuteronomy 12:19; 21:23; 29:27; 2 Kings 17:23; Isaiah 6:11; 7:16; 14:1 +, Ezekiel 34:13, 27 +, Nehemiah 9:25; (׳א שְׁמֵנָה‎), — in all with 41 t.; + Joel 2:21 (personified); ׳א הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ Zechariah 2:16 (compare below 4 above); hence also as Yahweh's land Deuteronomy 32:43; Isaiah 14:2; Zechariah 9:16; 2 Chronicles 7:20.

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