Biblica Analytica

אָדֹם

a.dom (H0122A)

red

7 verses 5 books OT 6 / NT 0
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# The Hebrew Word אָדֹם (adom): Red The Hebrew word אָדֹם carries the straightforward meaning "red" and appears seven times throughout the biblical text. As a basic color descriptor, it functions to identify objects, substances, or conditions characterized by redness. The limited number of occurrences suggests this term was used selectively rather than as a common everyday descriptor, potentially concentrating its usage in contexts where the red color carried particular significance or required explicit identification. The scarcity of this specific form in biblical literature—appearing only seven times—indicates that ancient Hebrew writers did not frequently need to denote redness using this particular lemma. This restraint in usage patterns raises questions about the specific contexts in which redness warranted explicit mention, though the lexicon data alone does not specify which biblical passages employ this term or what objects it describes. The word's fundamental meaning remains consistent: a straightforward color designation without apparent figurative or metaphorical layers evident from the definition provided. Without access to the specific biblical passages where אָדֹם appears, the full significance of this color term within Hebrew scripture cannot be determined from the lexicon data alone. However, its presence as a discrete vocabulary item demonstrates that ancient Hebrew speakers maintained a specific term for identifying red coloration, suggesting this distinction held sufficient importance to warrant its own lexical entry alongside other color descriptors.

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Numbers 19:2

“This is the statute of the law which Yahweh has commanded. Tell the children of Israel to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no defect, and which was never yoked.

2 Kings 3:22

They rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood.

Song of Solomon 5:10

My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.

Isaiah 63:2

Why is your clothing red, and your garments like him who treads in the wine vat?

Zechariah 1:8

“I had a vision in the night, and behold, a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in a ravine; and behind him there were red, brown, and white horses.

Zechariah 6:2

In the first chariot were red horses; in the second chariot black horses;