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Strong's #127 - אֲדָמָה
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- ground, land
- ground (as general, tilled, yielding sustenance)
- piece of ground, a specific plot of land
- earth substance (for building or constructing)
- ground as earth´s visible surface
- land, territory, country
- whole inhabited earth
- city in Naphtali
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1082) md (דמ DM) AC: ? CO: Blood AB: Likeness: The pictograph d is a door representing the idea of moving back and forth. The m is a picture of water and can represent any liquid especially blood. Combined these pictures mean "the moving back and forth of water" or the "flowing of blood". Similarly, the grape plant takes water from the ground and moves it to the fruit where the water becomes the blood of the grape. (eng: dumb)
A) md (דמ DM) AC: ? CO: Blood AB: ?: The blood of man is also water, which moves through the body. When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. A son from the blood of his father resembles his father.
Nm) md (דמ DM) - Blood: KJV (361): blood, bloody, bloodguilt - Strongs: H1818 (דָּם)
B) mmd (דממ DMM) AC: Silent CO: ? AB: ?: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent and still.
Nm) mmd (דממ DMM) - Silent: KJV (30): silence, still, silent, cut off, cut down, rest, cease, forbear, peace, quieted, tarry, wait - Strongs: H1826 (דָּמַם)
Nf1) emmd (דממה DMMH) - Silent: KJV (3): still, silence, calm - Strongs: H1827 (דְּמָמָה)
om) mmfd (דוממ DWMM) - Silent: KJV (3): silent, quietly wait, dumb - Strongs: H1748 (דּוּמָם)
C) mda (אדמ ADM) AC: ? CO: Red AB: ?: The color red, the color of blood, man and the earth.
V) mda (אדמ ADM) - Red: To be red as a color or through the shedding of blood. KJV (10): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hitpael, Pual) dyed red, red, ruddy, man, Adam, person - Strongs: H119 (אָדֵם)
Nm) mda (אדמ ADM) - Man: From the reddish skin. KJV (552): dyed red, red, ruddy, man, Adam, person - Strongs: H120 (אָדָם)
Nf1) emda (אדמה ADMH) - Ground: From its red color. KJV (225): land, earth, ground, country, husbandman - Strongs: H127 (אֲדָמָה)
cm) mfda (אדומ ADWM) - Red: KJV (9): red, ruddy - Strongs: H122 (אָדֹם)
gf) mdfa (אודמ AWDM) - Ruby: A red precious stone. KJV (3): sardius - Strongs: H124 (אֹדֶם)
lm) mdmda (אדמדמ ADMDM) - Reddish: KJV (6): reddish - Strongs: H125 (אֲדַמְדָּם)
jfm) infmda (אדמוני ADMWNY) - Red: KJV (3): red, ruddy - Strongs: H132 (אַדְמוֹנִי)
F) mde (הדמ HDM) AC: ? CO: Pieces AB: ?: [Unknown connection to root;]
Nm) mde (הדמ HDM) - Pieces: Something cut into pieces. [Aramaic only] KJV (2): pieces - Strongs: H1917 (הַדָּם)
cm) mfde (הדומ HDWM) - Stool: [Unknown connection to root;] KJV (6): stool - Strongs: H1916 (הֲדֹם)
G) med (דהמ DHM) AC: Dumb CO: ? AB: ?: When excited or scared ones blood pressure increases and is unable to speak.
V) med (דהמ DHM) - Dumb: To be speechless. KJV (1): (vf: Niphal, Participle) astonied - Strongs: H1724 (דָּהַם)
H) emd (דמה DMH) AC: ? CO: Likeness AB: Compare: A son from the blood of his father resembles his father.
V) emd (דמה DMH) - I. Compare:To perceive something like something else. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Silence:To become silent as one dead. KJV (47): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hitpael, Piel) like, liken, thought, compared, devised, mean, similitude - Strongs: H1819 (דָּמָה), H1820 (דָּמָה), H1821 (דְּמָה)
Nf3) tfmd (דמות DMWT) - Likeness: Likeness A son from the blood of his father resembles his father. KJV (25): likeness, similitude, like, manner, fashion - Strongs: H1823 (דְּמוּת)
fm) imd (דמי DMY) - Silent: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent. KJV (4): silence, cut off, rest - Strongs: H1824 (דְּמִי)
fjm) nfimd (דמיונ DMYWN) - Likeness: A son from the blood of his father resembles his father. KJV (1): like - Strongs: H1825 (דִּמְיֹן)
J) mfd (דומ DWM) AC: Silent CO: ? AB: ?: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent.
Nf1) emfd (דומה DWMH) - Silent: KJV (3): silence, destroyed - Strongs: H1745 (דּוּמָה), H1822 (דֻּמָה)
N) imd (דמי DMY) AC: Silent CO: ? AB: ?: When the blood is shed, the man or animal becomes silent.
gf1) eimfd (דומיה DWMYH) - Silence: KJV (4): wait, silent, silence - Strongs: H1747 (דּוּמִיָּה)
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Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 א 2 Chronicles 26:10i.e. lover of husbandry (or do these point to earlier meaning tillage ? compare Dl Proverbs 105) ׳אִישׁ עֹבֵד א Zechariah 13:5.
2 piece of ground, landed property Genesis 47:18,19 (3t. 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 בַּמְּעָרָההָאֲדֻמָּה 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; 2 Chronicles 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 41t.; + 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; 2 Chronicles 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.
אֲדָמָה f.
(1) earth (perh. so called from being red, or tawnyish [“see Credner on Joel, p. 125, seq.” Ges. add.]), Exodus 20:21 used of dust which mourners put upon their heads, 1 Samuel 4:12; 2 Samuel 15:32.
(2) the ground which is tilled, field, land, Genesis 4:2, 47:19, 22 Genesis 47:22, 23 Genesis 47:23; Psalms 105:35; Isaiah 28:24 אֲדָמָה אֹהֵב “one who loves the ground,” i.e. agriculture, 2 Chronicles 26:10 used of the produce of the ground, Isaiah 1:7.
(3) land, region, country, Genesis 28:15 אַדְמַת יְהֹוָה “the land of Jehovah,” i.e. Canaan, Isaiah 14:2 pl. אֲדָמוֹת lands, regions, once Psalms 49:12.
(4) the earth, Genesis 4:11, 6:1 7:4.
(5) [Adamah], pr.n. of a town of the tribe of Naphtali, Joshua 19:36.